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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:10 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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ε Leporis (epsilon Leporis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:41 | Tran: 14:36 | Set: 18:30
Alt: -16.10°   Az: 105.82°   Direction: East-South-East

ε Leporis is a variable giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Lepus.

ε Leporis visual magnitude is 3.19. Because of its moderate brightness, ε 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 ε Leporis (epsilon Leporis) star
DSS2 image of ε Leporis. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Leporis during the next 10000 years (4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 06m 32s
-22° 20’ 17”
18h 07m 59s
23h 14m 31s

J2000

05h 05m 27s
-22° 22’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

223.25°
-32.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε Leporis (epsilon Leporis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.19
Giant

-1.02
K5III
3855K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Leporis is distant 226.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

69.49
226.55
1 km/s
0.025 arcsec/y
-0.074"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Leporis
(epsilon Leporis)
SAO170051
SAO170051

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 112.3°
Max altitude: 16.2°
Azimuth: 247.7°