ι Leporis (iota Leporis)

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:02 | Tran: 14:00 | Set: 18:57

Alt: -21.15° Az: 82.36° Direction: East

ι Leporis is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Lepus.

ι Leporis visual magnitude is 4.45. Because of its moderate brightness, ι 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.

DSS2 image of ι Leporis. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Leporis during the next 10000 years (4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 13m 29s

Declination -11° 50’ 25”

Hour Angle 16h 43m 14s

Sidereal Time 21h 56m 43s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 12m 17s

Declination -11° 52’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 212.67°

Galactic Latitude -27.32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Leporis (iota Leporis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.45

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.11

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.1

Temperature 11573K

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

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

Star System Properties

ι Leporis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ι Leporis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.45

Secondary star magnitude 10.75

Magnitude difference 6.3

Separation 12.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Leporis is distant 240.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 73.91

Distance (light year) 240.95

Radial Speed 25 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.027 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ι Leporis
(iota Leporis)

Flamsteed designation 3 Leporis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD33802

SAO Catalogue SAO150223

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP24244

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-12 1095

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS3778

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 101.8° RISE 9:02

Max altitude: 26.7° TRANSIT 14:00

Azimuth: 258.2° SET 18:57

Set Location

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