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 514→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
2425262728
1 Lepus 514 2 Lepus 514 3 Lepus 514 4 Lepus 514 5 Lepus 514 6 Lepus 514 7 Lepus 514 8 Lepus 514 9 Lepus 514 10 Lepus 514 11 Lepus 514 12 Lepus 514 13 Lepus 514 14 Lepus 514 15 Lepus 514 16 Lepus 514 17 Lepus 514 18 Lepus 514 19 Lepus 514 20 Lepus 514 21 Lepus 514 22 Lepus 514 23 Lepus 514 24 Lepus 514 25 Lepus 514 26 Lepus 514 27 Lepus 514 28 Lepus 514 1 Columba 514 9 July 2577 10 July 2577 11 July 2577 12 July 2577 13 July 2577 14 July 2577 15 July 2577 16 July 2577 17 July 2577 18 July 2577 19 July 2577 20 July 2577 21 July 2577 22 July 2577 23 July 2577 24 July 2577 25 July 2577 26 July 2577 27 July 2577 28 July 2577 29 July 2577 30 July 2577 31 July 2577 1 August 2577 2 August 2577 3 August 2577 4 August 2577 5 August 2577 6 August 2577
MS 196075 MS 196076 MS 196077 MS 196078 MS 196079 MS 196080 MS 196081 MS 196082 MS 196083 MS 196084 MS 196085 MS 196086 MS 196087 MS 196088 MS 196089 MS 196090 MS 196091 MS 196092 MS 196093 MS 196094 MS 196095 MS 196096 MS 196097 MS 196098 MS 196099 MS 196100 MS 196101 MS 196102 MS 196103 MD 201512 MD 201513 MD 201514 MD 201515 MD 201516 MD 201517 MD 201518 MD 201519 MD 201520 MD 201521 MD 201522 MD 201523 MD 201524 MD 201525 MD 201526 MD 201527 MD 201528 MD 201529 MD 201530 MD 201531 MD 201532 MD 201533 MD 201534 MD 201535 MD 201536 MD 201537 MD 201538 MD 201539 MD 201540