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.