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Nihal (arab. "camels those their thirst delete") is the name of the star Beta Leporis in the constellation Lepus. Nihal has an apparent brightness of +2.81 mag and is 159.2 light-years away from the earth. Nihal is a yellow supergiant of the spectral class G5II with the 150times luminosity of the sun. Jump to: navigation, search Orion is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe (but not always the whole year long). ... Lepus (Latin for Hare) is a constellation, lying just south of Orion, and possibly representing a hare being chased by him. ... The apparent magnitude (m) of a star, planet or other heavenly body is a measure of its apparent brightness; that is, the amount of light received from the object. ... Light Years is the seventh album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue that was released in 2000. ... In astronomy the term spectral class refers to classifying objects according to their spectral lines, which indicate an objects chemical composition. ...

  • coordinates
    • ascension: 5h28m14s
    • declination: -20°45'32 "(equinox 2000)

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Zeta Leporis (880 words)
It lies in the northeastern part (5:46:57.3-14:49:19.0, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Lepus, the Hare -- northeast of Arneb (Alpha Leporis) and Nihal (Beta Leporis), west of Eta and Theta Leporis, and southeast of Saiph (Kappa Orionis).
Zeta Leporis is a bluish white main sequence dwarf star of spectral and luminosity type A2-3 Vann.
The orbit of an Earth-like planet (with liquid water) around Zeta Leporis may be centered around 3.9 AU -- around the central orbital distance of the Main Asteroid Belt in the Solar System -- with an orbital period of several years.
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