ζ Leporis (zeta Leporis)

Below the horizon. Rise: 8:54 | Tran: 13:35 | Set: 18:16

Alt: -17.69° Az: 91.73° Direction: East

ζ Leporis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Lepus.

ζ Leporis visual magnitude is 3.55. Because of its moderate brightness, ζ 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.

DSS2 image of ζ Leporis. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Leporis during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 48m 06s

Declination -14° 48’ 51”

Hour Angle 17h 20m 16s

Sidereal Time 23h 08m 22s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 46m 57s

Declination -14° 49’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 219.4°

Galactic Latitude -20.83°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Leporis (zeta Leporis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.55

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.89

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.1

Temperature 9028K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Leporis is distant 70.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 21.52

Distance (light year) 70.15

Radial Speed 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.016 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ζ Leporis
(zeta Leporis)

Flamsteed designation 14 Leporis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD38678

SAO Catalogue SAO150801

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP27288

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 1232

Gliese Catalogue Gl 217.1

FK5 Catalogue 219

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 104.8° RISE 8:54

Max altitude: 23.7° TRANSIT 13:35

Azimuth: 255.2° SET 18:16

Set Location

Other stars in Lepus