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Sunset: 21:18
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η Leporis (eta Leporis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 8:29 | Tran: 13:13 | Set: 17:58
Alt: -51.45°   Az: 18.92°   Direction: North-North-East

η Leporis is a giant star of spectral class F1 in the constellation of Lepus.

η Leporis visual magnitude is 3.71. Because of its moderate brightness, η 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 η Leporis (eta Leporis) star
DSS2 image of η Leporis. The red arrow shows the motion of η Leporis during the next 1000 years (-0.70 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.32 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 57m 34s
-14° 09’ 57”
12h 48m 06s
18h 45m 40s

J2000

05h 56m 24s
-14° 10’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

219.76°
-18.47°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for η Leporis (eta Leporis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.71
Giant

2.82
F1III
7276K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

η Leporis is distant 49.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

15.04
49.04
-2 km/s
-0.042 arcsec/y
0.139"/y

Alternative Designations

η Leporis
(eta Leporis)
SAO150957
SAO150957

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 104.2°
Max altitude: 24.4°
Azimuth: 255.8°