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public  Malasin, Philippines Malasin, Philippines  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:31 
Transit: 12:01 
Sunset: 18:30
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ζ Leporis (zeta Leporis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:38 | Tran: 10:22 | Set: 16:03
Alt: -8.44°   Az: 256.94°   Direction: West-South-West

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.

Image of ζ Leporis (zeta Leporis) star
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

05h 48m 06s
-14° 48’ 51”
06h 18m 31s
12h 06m 38s

J2000

05h 46m 57s
-14° 49’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

219.4°
-20.83°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Leporis (zeta Leporis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.55
Main-sequence

1.89
A3V
9028K

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

HR 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.

21.52
70.15
20 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Leporis
(zeta Leporis)
SAO150801
SAO150801
Gl 217.1

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ζ Leporis (zeta Leporis) rise, transit and set times from Malasin, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 104.8°
Max altitude: 58.9°
Azimuth: 255.2°