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 -898→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728
1 Lepus -898 2 Lepus -898 3 Lepus -898 4 Lepus -898 5 Lepus -898 6 Lepus -898 7 Lepus -898 8 Lepus -898 9 Lepus -898 10 Lepus -898 11 Lepus -898 12 Lepus -898 13 Lepus -898 14 Lepus -898 15 Lepus -898 16 Lepus -898 17 Lepus -898 18 Lepus -898 19 Lepus -898 20 Lepus -898 21 Lepus -898 22 Lepus -898 23 Lepus -898 24 Lepus -898 25 Lepus -898 26 Lepus -898 27 Lepus -898 28 Lepus -898 1 Cygnus -897 28 January -0079 29 January -0079 30 January -0079 31 January -0079 1 February -0079 2 February -0079 3 February -0079 4 February -0079 5 February -0079 6 February -0079 7 February -0079 8 February -0079 9 February -0079 10 February -0079 11 February -0079 12 February -0079 13 February -0079 14 February -0079 15 February -0079 16 February -0079 17 February -0079 18 February -0079 19 February -0079 20 February -0079 21 February -0079 22 February -0079 23 February -0079 24 February -0079 25 February -0079
MS -747949 MS -747950 MS -747951 MS -747952 MS -747953 MS -747954 MS -747955 MS -747956 MS -747957 MS -747958 MS -747959 MS -747960 MS -747961 MS -747962 MS -747963 MS -747964 MS -747965 MS -747966 MS -747967 MS -747968 MS -747969 MS -747970 MS -747971 MS -747972 MS -747973 MS -747974 MS -747975 MS -747976 MS -747921 MD -768735 MD -768734 MD -768733 MD -768732 MD -768731 MD -768730 MD -768729 MD -768728 MD -768727 MD -768726 MD -768725 MD -768724 MD -768723 MD -768722 MD -768721 MD -768720 MD -768719 MD -768718 MD -768717 MD -768716 MD -768715 MD -768714 MD -768713 MD -768712 MD -768711 MD -768710 MD -768709 MD -768708 MD -768707