λ Leporis (lambda Leporis)

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:21 | Tran: 14:11 | Set: 19:01

Alt: -14.21° Az: 266.63° Direction: West

λ Leporis is a hypergiant star of spectral class B0 in the constellation of Lepus.

λ Leporis visual magnitude is 4.29. Because of its moderate brightness, λ 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 λ Leporis (lambda Leporis) star

DSS2 image of λ Leporis. The red arrow shows the motion of λ Leporis during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 20m 44s

Declination -13° 09’ 07”

Hour Angle 06h 25m 31s

Sidereal Time 11h 46m 16s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 19m 34s

Declination -13° 10’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 214.83°

Galactic Latitude -26.24°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.29

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -3.30

Spectral Type B0IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.26

Temperature 15229K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ Leporis is distant 1,075.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 330.03

Distance (light year) 1,075.91

Radial Speed 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation λ Leporis
(lambda Leporis)

Flamsteed designation 6 Leporis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD34816

SAO Catalogue SAO150340

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP24845

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-13 1127

FK5 Catalogue 1146

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 103.2° RISE 9:21

Max altitude: 25.4° TRANSIT 14:11

Azimuth: 256.8° SET 19:01

Set Location

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