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Beta Leporis

Index Beta Leporis

Beta Leporis (β Leporis, abbreviated Beta Lep, β Lep), formally named Nihal, is the second brightest star in the constellation of Lepus. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 40 relations: Adaptive optics, Alpha Leporis, Apparent magnitude, Bayer designation, Binary star, Boss General Catalogue, Bright Star Catalogue, Catalogues of Fundamental Stars, Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg, Chinese astronomy, Constellation, Delta Leporis, Double star, Durchmusterung, Epoch (astronomy), Flamsteed designation, Gamma Leporis, Giant star, Haleakalā Observatory, Henry Draper Catalogue, Hipparcos, IAU Working Group on Star Names, International Astronomical Union, Lepus (constellation), List of Chinese star names, Main sequence, Minute and second of arc, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Parallax, Position angle, PPM Star Catalogue, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog, Solar mass, Springer Science+Business Media, Star, Stellar classification, Three Stars (Chinese constellation), VizieR, Washington Double Star Catalog, 3.67 m Advanced Electro Optical System Telescope.

  2. G-type bright giants
  3. Multiple stars

Adaptive optics

Adaptive optics (AO) is a technique of precisely deforming a mirror in order to compensate for light distortion.

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Alpha Leporis

Alpha Leporis (α Leporis, abbreviated Alpha Lep, α Lep), formally named Arneb, is the brightest star in the constellation of Lepus. Beta Leporis and Alpha Leporis are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects, Hipparcos objects and stars with proper names.

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Apparent magnitude

Apparent magnitude is a measure of the brightness of a star or other astronomical object.

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Bayer designation

A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek or Latin letter followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name.

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Binary star

A binary star or binary star system is a system of two stars that are gravitationally bound to and in orbit around each other.

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Boss General Catalogue

Boss General Catalogue (GC, sometimes General Catalogue) is an astronomical catalogue containing 33,342 stars.

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Bright Star Catalogue

The Bright Star Catalogue, also known as the Yale Catalogue of Bright Stars, Yale Bright Star Catalogue, or just YBS, is a star catalogue that lists all stars of stellar magnitude 6.5 or brighter, which is roughly every star visible to the naked eye from Earth. Beta Leporis and bright Star Catalogue are bright Star Catalogue objects.

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Catalogues of Fundamental Stars

The Catalogue of Fundamental Stars is a series of six astrometric catalogues of high precision positional data for a small selection of stars to define a celestial reference frame, which is a standard coordinate system for measuring positions of stars.

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Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg

The Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS; English translation: Strasbourg Astronomical Data Centre) is a data centre which collects and distributes astronomical information.

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Chinese astronomy

Astronomy in China has a long history stretching from the Shang dynasty, being refined over a period of more than 3,000 years.

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Constellation

A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object.

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Delta Leporis

Delta Leporis (δ Leporis) is a solitary, orange-hued star in the southern constellation of Lepus. Beta Leporis and Delta Leporis are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.

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Double star

In observational astronomy, a double star or visual double is a pair of stars that appear close to each other as viewed from Earth, especially with the aid of optical telescopes.

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Durchmusterung

In astronomy, Durchmusterung or Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) is an astrometric star catalogue of the whole sky, published by the Bonn Observatory in Germany from 1859 to 1863, with an extension published in Bonn in 1886.

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Epoch (astronomy)

In astronomy, an epoch or reference epoch is a moment in time used as a reference point for some time-varying astronomical quantity.

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Flamsteed designation

A Flamsteed designation is a combination of a number and constellation name that uniquely identifies most naked eye stars in the modern constellations visible from southern England.

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Gamma Leporis

Gamma Leporis, Latinized from γ Leporis, is a star in the south central part of the constellation Lepus, southeast of Beta Leporis and southwest of Delta Leporis. Beta Leporis and Gamma Leporis are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.

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Giant star

A giant star has a substantially larger radius and luminosity than a main-sequence (or dwarf) star of the same surface temperature.

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Haleakalā Observatory

The Haleakalā Observatory, also known as the Haleakalā High Altitude Observatory Site, is Hawaii's first astronomical research observatory.

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Henry Draper Catalogue

The Henry Draper Catalogue (HD) is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension (HDE), published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the Henry Draper Extension Charts (HDEC), published from 1937 to 1949 in the form of charts, which gave classifications for 86,933 more stars. Beta Leporis and Henry Draper Catalogue are Henry Draper Catalogue objects.

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Hipparcos

Hipparcos was a scientific satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA), launched in 1989 and operated until 1993.

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IAU Working Group on Star Names

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) established a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) in May 2016 to catalog and standardize proper names for stars for the international astronomical community.

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International Astronomical Union

The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach, education, and development through global cooperation.

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Lepus (constellation)

Lepus is a constellation lying just south of the celestial equator.

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List of Chinese star names

Chinese star names (Chinese:, xīng míng) are named according to ancient Chinese astronomy and astrology.

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Main sequence

In astronomy, the main sequence is a classification of stars which appear on plots of stellar color versus brightness as a continuous and distinctive band.

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Minute and second of arc

A minute of arc, arcminute (arcmin), arc minute, or minute arc, denoted by the symbol, is a unit of angular measurement equal to of one degree.

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in astronomy, astrophysics and related fields.

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Parallax

Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight and is measured by the angle or half-angle of inclination between those two lines.

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Position angle

In astronomy, position angle (usually abbreviated PA) is the convention for measuring angles on the sky.

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PPM Star Catalogue

The PPM Star Catalogue (Positions and Proper Motions Star Catalogue) is the successor of the SAO Catalogue.

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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog is an astrometric star catalogue, created by Smithsonian Institution, a research institute.

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Solar mass

The solar mass is a standard unit of mass in astronomy, equal to approximately.

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Springer Science+Business Media

Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.

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Star

A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by self-gravity.

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Stellar classification

In astronomy, stellar classification is the classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics.

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Three Stars (Chinese constellation)

The Three Stars mansion is one of the twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations.

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VizieR

The VizieR Catalogue Service is an astronomical catalog service provided by Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS, Strasbourg Data Centre for astronomy).

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Washington Double Star Catalog

The Washington Double Star Catalog, or WDS, is a catalog of double stars, maintained at the United States Naval Observatory.

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3.67 m Advanced Electro Optical System Telescope

The 3.67 m Advanced Electro Optical System Telescope is a Department of Defense telescope at Haleakala Observatory.

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See also

G-type bright giants

Multiple stars

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Leporis

Also known as 9 Lep, 9 Leporis, ADS 4066, ADS 4066 A, ADS 4066 AB, ADS 4066 B, ADS 4066 C, ADS 4066 D, ADS 4066 E, BD -20 1096, BD -20 1096A, BD -20 1096B, BD -20 1096C, BD -20 1096D, BD -20 1096E, BD-20 1096, BD-20 1096A, BD-20 1096B, BD-20 1096C, BD-20 1096D, BD-20 1096E, Beta Lep, CCDM J05283-2046, CCDM J05283-2046A, CCDM J05283-2046AB, CCDM J05283-2046B, CCDM J05283-2046C, CCDM J05283-2046D, CCDM J05283-2046E, FK5 204, GC 6762, HD 36079, HIP 25606, HR 1829, Nihal (star), PPM 248938, SAO 170457, Β Lep, Β Leporis.