List of stars in Leo Minor
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This is the list of notable star
Star
A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...

s in the constellation
Constellation
In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky....

 Leo Minor
Leo Minor
Leo Minor is a small and faint constellation. Its name means "the smaller lion", in contrast to Leo, the larger lion. Its brightest stars form a rough triangle, and it lies between the larger and more recognizable Ursa Major and Leo...

, sorted by decreasing brightness.
Name B
Bayer designation
A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name...

F
Flamsteed designation
Flamsteed designations for stars are similar to Bayer designations, except that they use numbers instead of Greek letters. Each star is assigned a number and the Latin genitive of the constellation it lies in...

HD
Henry Draper Catalogue
The Henry Draper Catalogue is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension , published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the...

HIP RA
Right ascension
Right ascension is the astronomical term for one of the two coordinates of a point on the celestial sphere when using the equatorial coordinate system. The other coordinate is the declination.-Explanation:...

Dec
Declination
In astronomy, declination is one of the two coordinates of the equatorial coordinate system, the other being either right ascension or hour angle. Declination in astronomy is comparable to geographic latitude, but projected onto the celestial sphere. Declination is measured in degrees north and...

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mag.
Apparent magnitude
The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...

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Absolute magnitude
Absolute magnitude is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness. it is also the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 32.6 light years away from Earth...

Dist. (ly) Sp. class
Stellar classification
In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The spectral class of a star is a designated class of a star describing the ionization of its chromosphere, what atomic excitations are most prominent in the light, giving an objective measure...

Notes
46 LMi
46 Leonis Minoris
46 Leonis Minoris is the brightest star in the constellation Leo Minor. It is sometimes known as "o LMi" , from Bode's catalogue of 1801...

 
o 46 94264 53229 3.79 1.41 98 K0III-IV Praecipua (mistransfered), Praecipula. Presumably this star was intended to be α, but Francis Baily
Francis Baily
Francis Baily was an English astronomer, most famous for his observations of 'Baily's beads' during an eclipse of the Sun.-Life:Baily was born at Newbury in Berkshire in 1774...

 omitted it from his catalogue. o is from Bode's catalogue.
β LMi
Beta Leonis Minoris
Beta Leonis Minoris is a binary star in the constellation of Leo Minor. It has an overall apparent visual magnitude of approximately 4.215...

 
β 31 90537 51233 4.20 0.95 146 G8III-IV binary star
Binary star
A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common center of mass. The brighter star is called the primary and the other is its companion star, comes, or secondary...

21 LMi  21 87696 49593 4.49 2.26 91 A7V
10 LMi  10 82635 46952 4.54 0.88 176 G8III SU LMi; RS CVn variable
RS Canum Venaticorum variable
RS Canum Venaticorum variables are a type of variable star. They are close binary stars having active chromospheres which can cause large stellar spots. These spots are believed to cause variations in their observed luminosity...

37 LMi  37 92125 52098 4.68 −1.13 474 G0II Praecipua (original)
30 LMi  30 90277 51056 4.72 0.71 207 F0V
41 LMi  41 92825 52457 5.08 1.06 207 A3Vn
19 LMi  19 86146 48833 5.11 2.81 94 F6Vs
42 LMi  42 93152 52638 5.36 0.04 377 A1Vn
20 LMi
20 Leonis Minoris
20 Leonis Minoris is a binary star system in the constellation Leo Minor. It has a relatively high proper motion. The companion is an old, active red dwarf star that has a relatively high metallicity. The two stars are currently separated by 14.5 arc seconds....

 
20 86728 49081 5.37 4.50 49 G1V Cor
binary star
Binary star
A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common center of mass. The brighter star is called the primary and the other is its companion star, comes, or secondary...

8 LMi  8 82198 46735 5.39 −0.24 436 M1III
11 LMi
11 Leonis Minoris
11 Leonis Minoris is a star system 37 light years away from Earth, in the constellation Leo Minor. The primary star is a yellow dwarf star of spectral type G8V, which is slightly more massive but slightly dimmer than our sun...

 
11 82885 47080 5.40 5.16 36 G8IV-V SV LMi; RS CVn variable
23 LMi  23 88960 50303 5.49 1.00 257 A0Vn
40 LMi  40 92769 52422 5.51 2.22 148 A4Vn
28 LMi  28 90040 50935 5.52 0.03 409 K1III
34 LMi  34 91365 51685 5.57 −0.48 528 A2Vn
32 LMi  32 90840 51420 5.79 −1.05 760 A4V
38 LMi  38 92168 52139 5.84 2.39 159 F9V
88231 49893 5.86 −0.47 603 K3III variable
Variable star
A star is classified as variable if its apparent magnitude as seen from Earth changes over time, whether the changes are due to variations in the star's actual luminosity, or to variations in the amount of the star's light that is blocked from reaching Earth...

7 LMi  7 82087 46652 5.87 −0.12 515 G8III:
27 LMi  27 89904 50860 5.89 1.65 230 A6V
33 LMi  33 91130 51556 5.90 1.52 245 A0IV
RX LMi  92620 52366 6.02 −0.77 743 M2III variable
44 LMi  44 93765 52959 6.05 1.59 254 F5V
13 LMi  13 83951 47631 6.12 2.49 174 F3V
43 LMi  43 93636 52882 6.15 −0.17 598 K0
9 LMi  9 82522 46904 6.19 0.67 414 K4III:
48 LMi  48 94480 53355 6.19 0.72 405 A8V WW LMi; δ Scuti variable
Delta Scuti variable
A Delta Scuti variable is a variable star which exhibits variations in its luminosity due to both radial and non-radial pulsations of the star's surface. Typical brightness fluctuations are from 0.003 to 0.9 magnitudes in V over a period of a few hours, although the amplitude and period of the...

87822 49658 6.23 2.22 206 F4V triple star
35 LMi  35 91752 51914 6.29 2.96 151 F3V
88161 49870 6.34 0.03 596 K3III:
89993 50904 6.36 1.06 374 G8III
50 LMi  50 94747 53492 6.36 1.67 282 K0
36 LMi  36 92000 52032 6.42 −1.38 1185 K0
24 LMi  24 88986 50316 6.46 3.93 104 G0V
22 LMi  22 88786 50218 6.47 −0.38 763 G8III
29 LMi  29 90250 51047 6.49 0.98 413 K1III
16 LMi  16 85029 48256 6.64 −1.11 1156 K5
HD 87883
HD 87883
HD 87883 is an 8th magnitude K-type main sequence star located approximately 59 light years away in the constellation Leo Minor. The age of this star is 9.8 billion years, compared with 4.6 billion years for our Sun. In August 2009, this star was found to have a radial velocity planet.-References:...

 
87883 49699 7.56 6.28 59 K0V has a planet
Extrasolar planet
An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside the Solar System. A total of such planets have been identified as of . It is now known that a substantial fraction of stars have planets, including perhaps half of all Sun-like stars...

 (b
HD 87883 b
HD 87883 b is an extrasolar planet which orbits the K-type main sequence star HD 87883, located approximately 59 light years away in the constellation Leo Minor. It is a long-period planet, taking seven and a half years to orbit the star at the average distance of 3.60 AU...

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51 LMi 51 96094 54196 7.60 3.71 195 G0
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