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Star · A0V

10 Lep

10 Lep is a main-sequence star of spectral type A0V in the constellation Lepus, 249.5 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 25853
ConstellationLepus
Distance249.5 light-years (76.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.53
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.11
Spectral typeA0V
Surface temperature9,980 K
Luminosity42.2 L☉
Radius2.17 R☉
Mass2.65 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 31m 07.6s
Declination (J2000)−20° 51′ 49″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)19.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.53). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 69° N. South of latitude 69° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1777. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 10 Lep, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.25, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hercules. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 26688 12.8 light-years
  • HIP 27014 15.1 light-years
  • HIP 25922 19.6 light-years

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.