Star · Orange · Leo

Formosa

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Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 05:17 · east · 13°

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Where is Formosa?

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Look east, about 13° up at 05:17 in Leo. It rises at 03:42 and climbs through the night.

From London tonight, Formosa is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest just before dawn, around 05:17, in the east at 13°.

At magnitude 6.4 it is too faint for the eye; binoculars will show it.

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

Formosa looks orange to the eye (color is easier to see in binoculars). Its spectral type is G9III: yellow giant (similar in temperature to the Sun).

Not visible

Too faint to see by eye.

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.

Formosa is a star in Leo, shining at magnitude 6.4. Its spectral type, G9III, marks it as: yellow giant (similar in temperature to the Sun).

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