Zeta Leporis

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Proper names: Zeta Leporis, 14 Leporis
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 217.1, Henry Draper (HD) 38678, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) -14°1232, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 27288, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 150801, Fifth Fundamental Catalogue (FK5) 219, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 1998, Woolley (Wo) 9190
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 5h46m57.332s, -14°49'19.12" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 70.2 light-years (21.5 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.4422%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 3.86, 67.7, -18.0
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -50.7, -42.0, -24.4
Proper motion: 0.022 arcsec/yr (264.4° from north)
Radial Velocity: 16.3 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -11.7, -8.73, -7.66

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Spectral class: A3
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +3.55
Absolute visual magnitude: +1.88
Visual luminosity: 15.4 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.10, U-B= +0.07, R-I= -0.05
Diameter: 1.73 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 3.92 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.235698 degrees

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