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

Right Ascension 05h 06m 32s

Declination -22° 20’ 17”

Hour Angle 18h 07m 59s

Sidereal Time 23h 14m 31s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 05m 27s

Declination -22° 22’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 223.25°

Galactic Latitude -32.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε Leporis (epsilon Leporis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.19

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.02

Spectral Type K5III

Color Index (B-V) 1.46

Temperature 3855K

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

Distance (parsec) 69.49

Distance (light year) 226.55

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.025 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.074"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ε Leporis
(epsilon Leporis)

Flamsteed designation 2 Leporis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD32887

SAO Catalogue SAO170051

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP23685

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-22 1000

FK5 Catalogue 186

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 1826

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° RISE 10:41

Max altitude: 16.2° TRANSIT 14:36

Azimuth: 247.7° SET 18:30

Set Location

Other stars in Lepus