17 Leporis

Below the horizon. Rise: 10:44 | Tran: 15:16 | Set: 19:47

Alt: -26.76° Az: 277.07° Direction: West

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

17 Leporis visual magnitude is 4.93. Because of its moderate brightness, 17 Leporis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 17 Leporis. The red arrow shows the motion of 17 Leporis during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 06m 07s

Declination -16° 29’ 16”

Hour Angle 07h 29m 51s

Sidereal Time 13h 35m 58s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 04m 59s

Declination -16° 29’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 222.87°

Galactic Latitude -17.53°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.93

Class

Absolute magnitude -2.65

Spectral Type A2

Color Index (B-V) 0.24

Temperature 7866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 17 Leporis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 17 Leporis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

17 Leporis is distant 1,068.85 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 327.87

Distance (light year) 1,068.85

Radial Speed 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 17 Leporis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD41511

SAO Catalogue SAO151093

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP28816

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-16 1349

General Catalogue of Variable Stars SS Lep

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 17 Leporis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.5° RISE 10:44

Max altitude: 22.0° TRANSIT 15:16

Azimuth: 253.5° SET 19:47

Set Location

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