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 1406→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Lepus 1406 2 Lepus 1406 3 Lepus 1406 4 Lepus 1406 5 Lepus 1406 6 Lepus 1406 7 Lepus 1406 8 Lepus 1406 9 Lepus 1406 10 Lepus 1406 11 Lepus 1406 12 Lepus 1406 13 Lepus 1406 14 Lepus 1406 15 Lepus 1406 16 Lepus 1406 17 Lepus 1406 18 Lepus 1406 19 Lepus 1406 20 Lepus 1406 21 Lepus 1406 22 Lepus 1406 23 Lepus 1406 24 Lepus 1406 25 Lepus 1406 26 Lepus 1406 27 Lepus 1406 28 Lepus 1406 1 Columba 1406 19 September 4255 20 September 4255 21 September 4255 22 September 4255 23 September 4255 24 September 4255 25 September 4255 26 September 4255 27 September 4255 28 September 4255 29 September 4255 30 September 4255 1 October 4255 2 October 4255 3 October 4255 4 October 4255 5 October 4255 6 October 4255 7 October 4255 8 October 4255 9 October 4255 10 October 4255 11 October 4255 12 October 4255 13 October 4255 14 October 4255 15 October 4255 16 October 4255 17 October 4255 18 October 4255
MS 792457 MS 792458 MS 792459 MS 792460 MS 792461 MS 792462 MS 792463 MS 792464 MS 792465 MS 792466 MS 792467 MS 792468 MS 792469 MS 792470 MS 792471 MS 792472 MS 792473 MS 792474 MS 792475 MS 792476 MS 792477 MS 792478 MS 792479 MS 792480 MS 792481 MS 792482 MS 792483 MS 792484 MS 792485 MD 814460 MD 814461 MD 814462 MD 814463 MD 814464 MD 814465 MD 814466 MD 814467 MD 814468 MD 814469 MD 814470 MD 814471 MD 814472 MD 814473 MD 814474 MD 814475 MD 814476 MD 814477 MD 814478 MD 814479 MD 814480 MD 814481 MD 814482 MD 814483 MD 814484 MD 814485 MD 814486 MD 814487 MD 814488 MD 814489