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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Iota Leporis
Flamsteed Number	3 Leporis
HR (BSC)	1696
HD	33802
Variable Designation	AM Leporis
Constellation	Lepus
Right Ascension	5h 12m 18s
Declination	-11° 52' 9"
Distance	232 light years 71 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.5 Absolute: +0.1
Spectral Class	B8V Blue Dwarf
Optimum Visibility	December
Notes	A binary system, with the main blue star more than twice the diameter and three times the mass of the Sun, with a much smaller and fainter yellow dwarf star in a very distant orbit.

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