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 1039→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
232425262728
1 Lepus 1039 2 Lepus 1039 3 Lepus 1039 4 Lepus 1039 5 Lepus 1039 6 Lepus 1039 7 Lepus 1039 8 Lepus 1039 9 Lepus 1039 10 Lepus 1039 11 Lepus 1039 12 Lepus 1039 13 Lepus 1039 14 Lepus 1039 15 Lepus 1039 16 Lepus 1039 17 Lepus 1039 18 Lepus 1039 19 Lepus 1039 20 Lepus 1039 21 Lepus 1039 22 Lepus 1039 23 Lepus 1039 24 Lepus 1039 25 Lepus 1039 26 Lepus 1039 27 Lepus 1039 28 Lepus 1039 1 Columba 1039 31 March 3565 1 April 3565 2 April 3565 3 April 3565 4 April 3565 5 April 3565 6 April 3565 7 April 3565 8 April 3565 9 April 3565 10 April 3565 11 April 3565 12 April 3565 13 April 3565 14 April 3565 15 April 3565 16 April 3565 17 April 3565 18 April 3565 19 April 3565 20 April 3565 21 April 3565 22 April 3565 23 April 3565 24 April 3565 25 April 3565 26 April 3565 27 April 3565 28 April 3565 29 April 3565
MS 547084 MS 547085 MS 547086 MS 547087 MS 547088 MS 547089 MS 547090 MS 547091 MS 547092 MS 547093 MS 547094 MS 547095 MS 547096 MS 547097 MS 547098 MS 547099 MS 547100 MS 547101 MS 547102 MS 547103 MS 547104 MS 547105 MS 547106 MS 547107 MS 547108 MS 547109 MS 547110 MS 547111 MS 547112 MD 562271 MD 562272 MD 562273 MD 562274 MD 562275 MD 562276 MD 562277 MD 562278 MD 562279 MD 562280 MD 562281 MD 562282 MD 562283 MD 562284 MD 562285 MD 562286 MD 562287 MD 562288 MD 562289 MD 562290 MD 562291 MD 562292 MD 562293 MD 562294 MD 562295 MD 562296 MD 562297 MD 562298 MD 562299 MD 562300