Shaomin
HD 91316 · HIP 51624 · ρ Leo
👁️ Naked-eye
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 3.87 mag
- Spectral type
- B1Ib SB
- Right ascension
- 158.2028°
- Declination
- 9.3066°
- Designation
- HD 91316
- Bayer designation
- ρ Leo
- HIP number
- 51624
- IAU name adopted
- 2024-07-18
- Name language
- Chinese
- Name origin (IAU)
- Taimin太民 (or Damin大民) for o Leo and Shaomin少民 (ρ Leo) are the two southernmost stars of the Xuanyuan轩辕 constellation. They were used to star names in ancient China.
Source:IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗ESA Hipparcos Catalogue (ESA Gaia Archive) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗
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Constellation
In everyday life
- At magnitude 3.9 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
- Declination 9.3° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.
- Its IAU name «Shaomin» comes from Chinese (IAU Working Group on Star Names).
Worked out from this object's official values.