Nu

Hot blue star

Its story

Nu Leporis lodges in the small Hare that crouches beneath the feet of Orion, hiding from the hunter and his dogs. A blue type B star some 334 light-years away, it is one of those hot, vibrant suns whose surface temperature is several times the Sun's. Its cold light blends with the surroundings of Orion's winter realm, that region of the sky where the concentration of massive, youthful stars reaches one of its greatest expressions.

Constellation: Lepus
Apparent magnitude: 5.29
Distance: 333.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 79.996° · Dec -12.316°
Catalogue: HIP 24873 · HD 34863

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