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public  Lalig, Philippines Lalig, Philippines  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:34 
Transit: 12:00 
Sunset: 18:26
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ι Leporis (iota Leporis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 3:57 | Tran: 9:47 | Set: 15:33
Alt: -14.11°   Az: 261.06°   Direction: West

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.

Image of ι Leporis (iota Leporis) star
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

05h 13m 29s
-11° 50’ 24”
06h 47m 10s
12h 00m 40s

J2000

05h 12m 17s
-11° 52’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

212.67°
-27.32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Leporis (iota Leporis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.45
Main-sequence

0.11
B8V
11573K

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

HR 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:

4.45
10.75
6.3
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.

73.91
240.95
25 km/s
0.027 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Leporis
(iota Leporis)
SAO150223
SAO150223

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ι Leporis (iota Leporis) rise, transit and set times from Lalig, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 101.8°
Max altitude: 64.2°
Azimuth: 258.2°