19 Leporis

Below the horizon. Rise: 2:55 | Tran: 7:10 | Set: 11:25

Alt: -31.07° Az: 278.12° Direction: West

19 Leporis is a giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Lepus.

19 Leporis visual magnitude is 5.31. Because of its faintness, 19 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 19 Leporis. The red arrow shows the motion of 19 Leporis during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 9.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 08m 46s

Declination -19° 10’ 14”

Hour Angle 07h 44m 33s

Sideral Time 13h 53m 19s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 07m 41s

Declination -19° 09’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 225.72°

Galactic Latitude -18.01°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 19 Leporis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.31

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.38

Spectral Type M2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.68

Temperature 3541K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Leporis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 19 Leporis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

19 Leporis is distant 710.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 217.86

Distance (light year) 710.24

Radial Speed 29 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.054"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 19 Leporis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD42042

SAO Catalogue SAO151142

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP29048

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-19 1361

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 19 Leporis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 109.2° RISE 2:55

Max altitude: 19.3° TRANSIT 7:10

Azimuth: 250.8° SET 11:25

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Lepus