Eta Leporis

light-years
Proper names: Eta Leporis, 16 Leporis
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 225, Henry Draper (HD) 40136, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) -14°1286, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 28103, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 150957, Fifth Fundamental Catalogue (FK5) 226, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 2085
Heavy element abundance: 63% of Sol
Source for heavy element abundance: Strobel [Fe/H] Determinations
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 5h56m24.288s, -14°10'3.87" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 49.1 light-years (15.0 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.101%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 0.75, 47.6, -12.0
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -35.8, -30.0, -15.1
Proper motion: 0.146 arcsec/yr (340.4° from north)
Radial Velocity: -1.4 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -5.86, 8.62, 1.30

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Spectral class: F1
Luminosity Class: III
Apparent visual magnitude: +3.71
Absolute visual magnitude: +2.83
Visual luminosity: 6.45 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.33, U-B= +0.01, R-I= +0.20
Diameter: 1.27 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 2.54 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.265745 degrees

light-years
but not more than light-years away
Data for this star system were most recently updated on 4-April-2001.