Denebola (HIP 57632)
Denebola is a white main-sequence star in the constellation Leo. At 36 light years away, it is the 63rd brightest star in the Earth's sky, where it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 2.14. Denebola is the primary component of a multiple-star system. The iron abundance of Denebola is +0.07 (117.5% of the Sun). It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 26.6 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 23,100 and 24,600 light years from the center of the Galaxy. Denebola has no confirmed planets known to date (July 2013), but does have a circumstellar debris disk.
Sky position: RA 11h 49.1m, Dec +14° 34.2'
