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 -479→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728
1 Lepus -479 2 Lepus -479 3 Lepus -479 4 Lepus -479 5 Lepus -479 6 Lepus -479 7 Lepus -479 8 Lepus -479 9 Lepus -479 10 Lepus -479 11 Lepus -479 12 Lepus -479 13 Lepus -479 14 Lepus -479 15 Lepus -479 16 Lepus -479 17 Lepus -479 18 Lepus -479 19 Lepus -479 20 Lepus -479 21 Lepus -479 22 Lepus -479 23 Lepus -479 24 Lepus -479 25 Lepus -479 26 Lepus -479 27 Lepus -479 28 Lepus -479 1 Cygnus -478 19 May 0709 20 May 0709 21 May 0709 22 May 0709 23 May 0709 24 May 0709 25 May 0709 26 May 0709 27 May 0709 28 May 0709 29 May 0709 30 May 0709 31 May 0709 1 June 0709 2 June 0709 3 June 0709 4 June 0709 5 June 0709 6 June 0709 7 June 0709 8 June 0709 9 June 0709 10 June 0709 11 June 0709 12 June 0709 13 June 0709 14 June 0709 15 June 0709 16 June 0709 17 June 0709
MS -467808 MS -467809 MS -467810 MS -467811 MS -467812 MS -467813 MS -467814 MS -467815 MS -467816 MS -467817 MS -467818 MS -467819 MS -467820 MS -467821 MS -467822 MS -467823 MS -467824 MS -467825 MS -467826 MS -467827 MS -467828 MS -467829 MS -467830 MS -467831 MS -467832 MS -467833 MS -467834 MS -467835 MS -467780 MD -480813 MD -480812 MD -480811 MD -480810 MD -480809 MD -480808 MD -480807 MD -480806 MD -480805 MD -480804 MD -480803 MD -480802 MD -480801 MD -480800 MD -480799 MD -480798 MD -480797 MD -480796 MD -480795 MD -480794 MD -480793 MD -480792 MD -480791 MD -480790 MD -480789 MD -480788 MD -480787 MD -480786 MD -480785 MD -480784