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{{Short description|Brightest star in the constellation Lepus}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2013}} {{Starbox begin | name=Ξ± Leporis }} {{Starbox image | image= {{Location mark |image=Lepus constellation map.svg|alt=|float=center|width=280 |label=|position=right |mark=Red circle.svg|mark_width=14|mark_link=Ξ± Lep |x=530|y=474 }} |caption=Location of Ξ± Leporis (circled) }} {{Starbox observe | epoch = J2000 | ra = {{RA|05|32|43.81612}}<ref name=aaa474_2_653/> | dec = {{DEC|−17|49|20.2414}}<ref name=aaa474_2_653/> | appmag_v = 2.589<ref name=sps1966/> | constell = [[Lepus (constellation)|Lepus]] }} {{Starbox character | class = F0 Ib<ref name=aj121_4_2148/> | b-v = +0.2<ref name="thomas2018"/> | u-b = +0.386<ref name=sps1966/> | variable = | type = [[Blue loop]] ([[yellow supergiant]])<ref name=cno/> }} {{Starbox astrometry | radial_v = +23.9<ref name=rgcrv/> | prop_mo_ra = +3.56<ref name=aaa474_2_653/> | prop_mo_dec = +1.18<ref name=aaa474_2_653/> | parallax = 1.47 | p_error = 0.14 | parallax_footnote =<ref name=aaa474_2_653/> | dist_footnote = <ref name=aaa474_2_653/> | absmag_v = -5.7<ref name="giridhar2013"/> }} {{Starbox detail | mass = {{val|13.9|0.8}}<ref name=mnras402_2_1369/> | radius = {{Solar radius calculator|type=AD|1.77|0.68}}<ref name=lang2006/> | luminosity = {{val|30,502|3111|fmt=commas}}<ref name=tycho-gaia/> | temperature = 7,253 or 7,290<ref name=luck/> | metal_fe = +0.01β0.06<ref name=luck/> | gravity = {{val|1.34|0.07}}<ref name=mnras402_2_1369/> | rotational_velocity = 13β21<ref name="thomas2018"/> | age_myr = 13<ref name=mnras402_2_1369/> }} {{Starbox catalog | names = Arneb, [[Flamsteed designation|11]] Leporis, [[Bonner Durchmusterung|BD]]β17Β°1166, [[FK5]] 207, [[Henry Draper catalogue|HD]] 36673, [[Hipparcos catalogue|HIP]] 25985, [[Harvard Revised catalogue|HR]] 1865, [[Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog|SAO]] 150547 }} {{Starbox reference |Simbad=Alpha+Leporis }} {{Starbox end}} '''Alpha Leporis''' ('''Ξ± Leporis''', abbreviated '''Alpha Lep''', '''Ξ± Lep'''), formally named '''Arneb''' {{IPAc-en|'|Ιr|n|E|b}},<ref name=Kunitzsch>{{cite book |last1=Kunitzsch |first1=Paul |last2=Smart |first2=Tim |date = 2006 |edition = 2nd rev. |title = A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations |publisher = Sky Pub |location = Cambridge, Massachusetts |isbn = 978-1-931559-44-7 }}</ref><ref name="IAU-CSN">{{cite web | url=http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt | title=IAU Catalog of Star Names |accessdate=28 July 2016}}</ref> is the brightest [[star]] in the [[constellation]] of [[Lepus constellation|Lepus]].
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