Nihal

E540374

Nihal is a bright yellow giant star in the constellation Lepus, notable as one of its most luminous members.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf star
yellow giant star
apparentMagnitudeV 2.81
bayerDesignation β Leporis NERFINISHED
belongsTo Milky Way NERFINISHED
catalogIdentifier_HD HD 34798 NERFINISHED
catalogIdentifier_HIP HIP 24845 NERFINISHED
catalogIdentifier_HR HR 1702
catalogIdentifier_SAO SAO 170794 NERFINISHED
colorIndexBMinusV +0.86
constellationGenitive Leporis NERFINISHED
declination −20° 45′ 34″
distanceFromEarth_ly about 160 light-years
distanceFromEarth_pc about 49 parsecs
effectiveTemperature_K about 5100
equatorialCoordinateEpoch J2000.0
evolutionaryStage giant branch
post-main-sequence star
galacticPopulation thin disk
hasAlternativeName Beta Lep NERFINISHED
Beta Leporis NERFINISHED
β Leporis NERFINISHED
hasArabicNameOrigin true
hasColor yellow
hasCompanion optical companion reported
hasProperName Nihal NERFINISHED
hasVariableStarStatus not known as variable
isBrightStar true
isNakedEyeObject true
isOneOfMostLuminousStarsIn Lepus NERFINISHED
isPrimaryComponentOf Beta Leporis system NERFINISHED
locatedInConstellation Lepus NERFINISHED
luminosity_solarLuminosity about 120
mass_solarMass about 3
parallax_mas about 20.4
radialVelocity_kmPerSec about +21
radius_solarRadius about 16
rightAscension 05h 28m 14.7s
spectralType G5II
visibleFrom Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED
lower Northern latitudes

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Lepus secondBrightestStar Nihal