8 Leporis

Below the horizon. Rise: 2:15 | Tran: 7:01 | Set: 11:47

Alt: -33.46° Az: 291.57° Direction: West-North-West

8 Leporis is a sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Lepus.

8 Leporis visual magnitude is 5.25. Because of its faintness, 8 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 8 Leporis. The red arrow shows the motion of 8 Leporis during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 24m 38s

Declination -13° 54’ 20”

Hour Angle 08h 27m 45s

Sideral Time 13h 52m 23s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 23m 30s

Declination -13° 55’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 216.02°

Galactic Latitude -25.67°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 8 Leporis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.25

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude -3.47

Spectral Type B2IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.21

Temperature 13831K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 8 Leporis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 8 Leporis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

8 Leporis is distant 1,811.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 555.56

Distance (light year) 1,811.11

Radial Speed 18 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 8 Leporis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD35337

SAO Catalogue SAO150396

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP25202

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 1119

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 8 Leporis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 103.9° RISE 2:15

Max altitude: 24.6° TRANSIT 7:01

Azimuth: 256.1° SET 11:47

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

Location

Other stars in Lepus