12 Leporis

Below the horizon. Rise: 1:35 | Tran: 5:30 | Set: 9:24

Alt: -46.50° Az: 295.86° Direction: West-North-West

12 Leporis is a star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Lepus.

12 Leporis visual magnitude is 5.87. Because of its faintness, 12 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 12 Leporis. The red arrow shows the motion of 12 Leporis during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 43m 16s

Declination -22° 21’ 47”

Hour Angle 09h 11m 47s

Sideral Time 14h 55m 03s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 42m 13s

Declination -22° 22’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 226.52°

Galactic Latitude -24.73°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 12 Leporis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.87

Class

Absolute magnitude -0.98

Spectral Type A2

Color Index (B-V) 0.11

Temperature 8932K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 12 Leporis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 12 Leporis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

12 Leporis is distant 765.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 234.74

Distance (light year) 765.26

Radial Speed 28 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.004 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 12 Leporis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD38090

SAO Catalogue SAO170715

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP26865

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-22 1194

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 12 Leporis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 112.4° RISE 1:35

Max altitude: 16.2° TRANSIT 5:30

Azimuth: 247.6° SET 9:24

Set Location

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