Star profile
Arneb
Alpha Leporis · Lepus
Highly luminous starWhat is Arneb
Arneb is the alpha of Lepus, the Hare forever fleeing beneath the feet of Orion. Its name, from the Arabic «Al-Arnab», means precisely «the hare». It is a yellow F-type supergiant 2,219 light-years away: the light seen tonight left its surface deep in classical Antiquity, when Alexander the Great had not yet crossed into Asia. Despite that formidable distance, its colossal size keeps it visible to the naked eye from temperate latitudes.
Where it is and when to see it
Arneb lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for Arneb
- Constellation
- Lepus
- Apparent magnitude
- 2.58
- Distance
- 2219.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 83.183° · Dec -17.822°
- Catalogue
- HIP 25985 · HD 36673
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Other stars in Lepus
Lepus has 45 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- NihalBeta Leporis2.81
- Epsilon Leporis3.19
- Mu Leporis3.29
- Zeta Leporis3.55
- Gamma Leporis3.59
- Eta Leporis3.71
- Delta Leporis3.76
- Lambda Leporis4.29