Star · Orange · Leo

Algieba

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 05:17 · east · 24°

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Where is Algieba?

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Look east, about 24° up at 05:17 in Leo. It rises at 02:31 and climbs through the night.

From London tonight, Algieba is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest just before dawn, around 05:17, in the east at 24°.

At magnitude 2.0 it is visible by eye, even from many towns, when the sky is clear.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

Algieba looks orange to the eye (color is easier to see in binoculars). Its spectral type is G8III: yellow giant (similar in temperature to the Sun).

A orange point of light, visible even from many towns when it’s clear.

Brighter, and its orange color is easier to see.

Still a point of light: no amateur telescope shows a star’s surface.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

Algieba is a star in Leo, shining at magnitude 2.0. Its spectral type, G8III, marks it as: yellow giant (similar in temperature to the Sun).

Sources: SkyMate; Wikidata (CC0). Positions computed for your place and time with astronomy-engine. Data & Licences