10 Leporis

Below the horizon. Rise: 1:06 | Tran: 5:11 | Set: 9:15

Alt: -59.31° Az: 355.53° Direction: North

10 Leporis is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Lepus.

10 Leporis visual magnitude is 5.55. Because of its faintness, 10 Leporis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 10 Leporis. The red arrow shows the motion of 10 Leporis during the next 10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 32m 11s

Declination -20° 50’ 47”

Hour Angle 11h 50m 14s

Sideral Time 17h 22m 25s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 31m 07s

Declination -20° 51’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 223.94°

Galactic Latitude -26.61°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 10 Leporis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.55

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.95

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 10 Leporis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 10 Leporis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

10 Leporis is distant 271.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 83.33

Distance (light year) 271.67

Radial Speed -11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.044"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 10 Leporis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD36473

SAO Catalogue SAO170506

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP25853

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-20 1105

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 10 Leporis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.8° RISE 1:06

Max altitude: 17.7° TRANSIT 5:11

Azimuth: 249.2° SET 9:15

Set Location

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