Theta Leporis, Latinized from θ Leporis, is a solitary,[9] white-hued star in the southern constellation of Lepus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.67,[2] making it bright enough to be viewed with the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 18.88mas as measured from Earth,[1] the system is located roughly 173light years from the Sun. The star made its closest approach about 1.6 million years ago when it came within 29ly (9.0pc) of the Sun.[10]
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12Houk, N. (1988), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, vol.4, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1988mcts.book.....H.
