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Alpha Leporis

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Also known as Arneb, 11 Leporis

star in the constellation Lepus

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
*
Spectral type
F0Ib
Distance
2,219 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.00008372809309142859
Coordinates
RA 83.1826° · Dec -17.8223°
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Key facts

Constellation
Lepus
Right ascension
05 32 43.81612
Declination
−17 ° 49 ′ 20.2414 ″
Evolutionary stage
Blue loop ( yellow supergiant )
Spectral type
F0 Ib
U b color index
+0.386
B v color index
+0.2

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Lepus
Radius
129
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spectral class
F2I
catalog code
UBV M 11148
stellar rotational velocity
15
apparent magnitude
1.86
effective temperature
7000
right ascension
83.18256716167
declination
-17.82228927222
parallax
2.54
radial velocity
24.9
epoch
J2000.0
metallicity
13.9
surface gravity
20
luminosity
32000
absolute magnitude
-6.574
right ascension component of proper motion
3
declination component of proper motion
-1
age estimated by a dating method
13
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Encyclopedic overview

Alpha Leporis (α Leporis, abbreviated Alpha Lep, α Lep), formally named Arneb /ˈɑːrnɛb/, is the brightest star in the constellation of Lepus.

Nomenclature

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alpha Leporis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.