Alpha Leporis

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α Leporis
Template:Location mark
Location of α Leporis (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Lepus
Right ascension Template:RA[1]
Declination Template:DEC[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 2.589[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Blue loop (yellow supergiant)[3]
Spectral type F0 Ib[4]
U−B Template:Engvar +0.386[2]
B−V Template:Engvar +0.2[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+23.9[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +3.56[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +1.18[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.47±0.14 mas[1]
DistanceTemplate:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly
(Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc)[1]
Absolute magnitude (MV)-5.7[7]
Details
MassTemplate:Val[8] Template:Solar mass
RadiusTemplate:Solar radius calculator[9] Template:Solar radius
LuminosityTemplate:Val[10] Template:Solar luminosity
Surface gravity (log g)Template:Val[8] cgs
Temperature7,253 or 7,290[11] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.01–0.06[11] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)13–21[5] km/s
Age13[8] Myr
Metallicity [Fe/H]{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Other designations
Arneb, 11 Leporis, BD−17°1166, FK5 207, HD 36673, HIP 25985, HR 1865, SAO 150547
Database references
SIMBADdata

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Alpha Leporis (α Leporis, abbreviated Alpha Lep, α Lep), formally named Arneb Template:IPAc-en,[12][13] is the brightest star in the constellation of Lepus.

Nomenclature

Alpha Leporis is the star's Bayer designation. The traditional name Arneb comes from the Arabic أرنب ’arnab 'hare'[14] ('Lepus' is Latin for hare). In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)[15] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016[16] included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included Arneb for this star.

In Chinese, Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang".), meaning Toilet, refers to an asterism consisting of α Leporis, β Leporis, γ Leporis and δ Leporis.[17] Consequently, the Chinese name for α Leporis itself is Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang".), "the First Star of Toilet".[18]

Properties

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Size comparison of the Sun and numerous stars, the largest of which is Arneb`

This is a massive star with about 14 times the mass of the Sun.[8] The interferometer-measured angular diameter of this star, after correction for limb darkening, is 1.77 ± 0.09 mas.[19] At an estimated distance of Template:Convert,[1] this yields a physical size of about 129 times the radius of the Sun.[9] Alpha Leporis has a stellar classification of F0 Ib,[4] with the Ib luminosity class indicating that it is a lower luminosity yellow supergiant star. Since 1943, the spectrum of this star has served as one of the stable anchor points by which other stars are classified.[20] The effective temperature of the outer envelope is about 7,300Template:NbspK,[11] which gives the star a yellowish-white hue that is typical of F-type stars.[21] It is an estimated 13 million years old.[8]

Arneb is an older, dying star that has already passed through a red supergiant phase and is now contracting and heating up in the latter phases of stellar evolution, in a blue loop.[3]

Namesakes

USS Arneb (AKA-56) was a ship of the United States Navy.

References

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  17. ↑ Template:In lang 中國星座神話, written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, Template:ISBN.
  18. ↑ Template:In lang 香港太空館 - 研究資源 - 亮星中英對照表 Template:Webarchive, Hong Kong Space Museum. Accessed on line November 23, 2010.
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