Arneb
HR 1865 · HIP 25985 · α Lep
👁️ Naked-eye
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 2.57 mag
- Parallax
- 1.47 mas → about 2,218.7 light-years away
- Spectral type
- F0Ib
- Right ascension
- 83.1826°
- Declination
- -17.8223°
- Designation
- HR 1865
- Bayer designation
- α Lep
- HIP number
- 25985
- IAU name adopted
- 2016-07-20
- Name language
- Arabic
- Name origin (IAU)
- Applied in recent times from the Arabic constellation name al-arnab "the Hare", for Lepus.
Source:IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗ESA Hipparcos Catalogue (ESA Gaia Archive) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗
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Constellation
In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 2,219 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left 2,219 years ago (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 2.6 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
- Declination -17.8° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.
Worked out from this object's official values.