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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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δ Leporis (delta Leporis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:21 | Tran: 15:26 | Set: 19:30
Alt: -25.26°   Az: 92.29°   Direction: East

δ Leporis is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Lepus.

δ Leporis visual magnitude is 3.81. Because of its moderate brightness, δ 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.

Image of δ Leporis (delta Leporis) star
DSS2 image of δ Leporis. The red arrow shows the motion of δ Leporis during the next 1000 years (3.78 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.82 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 52m 24s
-20° 52’ 26”
17h 01m 06s
22h 53m 30s

J2000

05h 51m 19s
-20° 52’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

225.82°
-22.22°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for δ Leporis (delta Leporis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.81
Hypergiant

1.13
K0III
4767K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ Leporis is distant 112.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 99 kilometers per second.

34.42
112.22
99 km/s
0.227 arcsec/y
-0.649"/y

Alternative Designations

δ Leporis
(delta Leporis)
SAO170926
SAO170926

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 110.9°
Max altitude: 17.6°
Azimuth: 249.1°