Star profile
12 Leporis
What is 12 Leporis
12 Leporis shines in Lepus, the small constellation crouched beneath the feet of Orion. It is a white A-type star nearly a thousand light-years away —a clean, hot light that crosses centuries before reaching a human pupil. The region is discreet compared with the Hunter's dazzle, but to anyone who looks closely it offers a more intimate sky, made of minor figures patiently waiting to be recognised.
Where it is and when to see it
12 Leporis 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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Stelvia's sky works like a signature wall: anyone can leave their name and a message on a real star, and that signature goes up on the map for everyone to read. Signing is free.
A signature without a lock can be replaced by someone else's. The lock makes the signature permanent and lets you choose a symbolic name for the star, always shown next to the star's catalogue identifier. How the lock works
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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for 12 Leporis
- Constellation
- Lepus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.88
- Distance
- 994.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 85.558° · Dec -22.374°
- Catalogue
- HIP 26865 · HD 38090
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Other stars in Lepus
Lepus has 45 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- ArnebAlpha Leporis2.58
- NihalBeta Leporis2.81
- Epsilon Leporis3.19
- HIP 289845.74
- HIP 253975.78
- HIP 275335.87
- HIP 280855.95
- HIP 247865.96