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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:49 
Transit: 12:58 
Sunset: 21:07
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κ Leporis (kappa Leporis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:38 | Tran: 13:29 | Set: 18:20
Alt: 17.34°   Az: 219.82°   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’ 47”
02h 35m 21s
07h 49m 45s

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 Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 102.9°
Max altitude: 25.6°
Azimuth: 257.1°