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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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θ Leporis (theta Leporis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:57 | Tran: 14:37 | Set: 19:18
Alt: 23.56°   Az: 178.14°   Direction: South

θ Leporis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Lepus.

θ Leporis visual magnitude is 4.67. Because of its moderate brightness, θ 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 θ Leporis (theta Leporis) star
DSS2 image of θ Leporis. The red arrow shows the motion of θ Leporis during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 07m 18s
-14° 56’ 21”
23h 52m 56s
06h 00m 15s

J2000

06h 06m 09s
-14° 56’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

221.51°
-16.64°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for θ Leporis (theta Leporis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.67
Main-sequence

1.08
A1V
9542K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

θ Leporis is distant 170.32 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

52.25
170.32
32 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

θ Leporis
(theta Leporis)
SAO151110
SAO151110

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 104.9°
Max altitude: 23.6°
Azimuth: 255.1°