ζ Leporis (zeta Leporis)

Altitude: -47.7° Azimuth: 320.5° Direction: North-West

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

ζ Leporis visual magnitude is 3.55. Because of its moderate brightness, ζ Leporis should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about ζ Leporis:

Color of ζ Leporis ⬤

Magnitude of ζ Leporis 3.55

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

ζ Leporis (zeta Leporis) is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -47.7°
Azimuth: 320.5°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of ζ Leporis

ζ Leporis is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of ζ Leporis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 46m 57s

Declination J2000 -14° 49’ 18”

Galactic Longitude 219.4°

Galactic Latitude -20.83°

Constellation Lepus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of ζ Leporis in the sky:

Finder chart ζ Leporis (zeta Leporis) star

Simplified finder chart for ζ Leporis (zeta Leporis).

Visibility of ζ Leporis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 104.8° RISE 20:07

Max altitude: 23.7° TRANSIT 0:52

Azimuth: 255.2° SET 5:33

Digitized Sky Survey image of ζ Leporis

The image below is a photograph of ζ Leporis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of ζ Leporis is -0.016 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.001 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of ζ Leporis from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 70.15 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.016 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.001 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of ζ Leporis

ζ Leporis belongs to spectral class A3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 1.89

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.1

Temperature of ζ Leporis 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

Alternative designations of ζ Leporis

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

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