IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)
Lepus
The Hare
OriginAncient
AbbreviationLep
GenitiveLeporis
Pronunciation/ˈliːpəs/, or colloquially /ˈlɛpəs/ genitive /ˈlɛpərɪs/
LEEP-us
LocationSouthern Hemisphere
Primary StarArneb (α Lep)
Right Ascention 5h 33m Declination -17° 49'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.160 h (9.6 min)
Lepus, “The Hare”, is said to have been placed in the sky by Hermes because of its swiftness. The hare is also said to be the favorite prey of Orion, the Hunter, and his dogs.
www.underthesky.com
Lepus as depicted by Johann Bayer in his Uranometria (1624). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←Lepus -410→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728
1 Lepus -410 2 Lepus -410 3 Lepus -410 4 Lepus -410 5 Lepus -410 6 Lepus -410 7 Lepus -410 8 Lepus -410 9 Lepus -410 10 Lepus -410 11 Lepus -410 12 Lepus -410 13 Lepus -410 14 Lepus -410 15 Lepus -410 16 Lepus -410 17 Lepus -410 18 Lepus -410 19 Lepus -410 20 Lepus -410 21 Lepus -410 22 Lepus -410 23 Lepus -410 24 Lepus -410 25 Lepus -410 26 Lepus -410 27 Lepus -410 28 Lepus -410 2 Cygnus -409 12 March 0839 13 March 0839 14 March 0839 15 March 0839 16 March 0839 17 March 0839 18 March 0839 19 March 0839 20 March 0839 21 March 0839 22 March 0839 23 March 0839 24 March 0839 25 March 0839 26 March 0839 27 March 0839 28 March 0839 29 March 0839 30 March 0839 31 March 0839 1 April 0839 2 April 0839 3 April 0839 4 April 0839 5 April 0839 6 April 0839 7 April 0839 8 April 0839 9 April 0839 10 April 0839
MS -421676 MS -421677 MS -421678 MS -421679 MS -421680 MS -421681 MS -421682 MS -421683 MS -421684 MS -421685 MS -421686 MS -421687 MS -421688 MS -421689 MS -421690 MS -421691 MS -421692 MS -421693 MS -421694 MS -421695 MS -421696 MS -421697 MS -421698 MS -421699 MS -421700 MS -421701 MS -421702 MS -421703 MS -421648 MD -433399 MD -433398 MD -433397 MD -433396 MD -433395 MD -433394 MD -433393 MD -433392 MD -433391 MD -433390 MD -433389 MD -433388 MD -433387 MD -433386 MD -433385 MD -433384 MD -433383 MD -433382 MD -433381 MD -433380 MD -433379 MD -433378 MD -433377 MD -433376 MD -433375 MD -433374 MD -433373 MD -433372 MD -433371 MD -433370