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public  Ballina, Ireland Ballina, Ireland  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Dublin
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 13:38 
Sunset: 22:12
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κ Leporis (kappa Leporis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:58 | Tran: 12:43 | Set: 17:28
Alt: 21.01°   Az: 200.04°   Direction: South-West

κ Leporis is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Lepus.

κ Leporis visual magnitude is 4.36. Because of its moderate brightness, κ 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 κ Leporis (kappa Leporis) star
DSS2 image of κ Leporis. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Leporis during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 14m 24s
-12° 54’ 46”
01h 16m 38s
06h 31m 03s

J2000

05h 13m 13s
-12° 56’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

213.88°
-27.55°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Leporis (kappa Leporis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.36
Main-sequence

-1.81
B9V
11573K

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

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

Star System Properties

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

4.36
7.06
2.7
2.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Leporis is distant 559.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

171.53
559.18
18 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Leporis
(kappa Leporis)
SAO150239
SAO150239

Visibility from Your Location

Today's κ Leporis (kappa Leporis) rise, transit and set times from Ballina, Ireland are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Dublin):

Azimuth: 102.9°
Max altitude: 23.0°
Azimuth: 257.1°