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8 Leporis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:50 | Tran: 19:36 | Set: 0:26
Alt: 14.61°   Az: 136.57°   Direction: South-East

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.

Image of 8 Leporis star
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

05h 24m 39s
-13° 54’ 19”
21h 06m 57s
02h 31m 36s

J2000

05h 23m 30s
-13° 55’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

216.02°
-25.67°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.25
Sub-giant

-3.47
B2IV
13831K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 8 Leporis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR 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.

555.56
1,811.11
18 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO150396
SAO150396

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°
Max altitude: 24.6°
Azimuth: 256.1°