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Lepus (abbr. Lep, gen. Leporis)
The Hare, prey of Orion the Hunter. Lepus is a small but interesting southern constellation, located just south of Orion. Of the few stars making up a figure that looks like a smashed box kite, the brightest is only third magnitude. See below for details of the constellation's brightest stars and interesting deep sky objects.
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| Lepus. © 2003 Torsten Bronger. Copied here under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License |
| Stars brighter than magnitude 4.0 | ||||||
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| Star | Visual mag. |
Abs. mag. |
Spectral type |
Distance (lt-yr) |
R.A. (h m s) | Dec. ( ° ' '' ) |
| Alpha (Arneb) | 2.58 | -5.40 | F0Ib | 1,280 | 05 32 44 | -17 49 20 |
| Beta (Nihal) | 2.81 | -0.63 | G5II | 159 | 05 28 15 | -20 45 35 |
| Epsilon | 3.19 | -1.02 | K4IIIv | 227 | 05 05 28 | -22 22 16 |
| Mu | 3.29 | -0.47 | B9IVpHgMn | 184 | 05 12 56 | -16 12 20 |
| Zeta | 3.55 | 1.88 | A2Vn | 70 | 05 46 57 | -14 49 20 |
| Gamma | 3.59 | 3.82 | F7V | 29 | 05 44 28 | -22 26 55 |
| Eta | 3.71 | 2.82 | F1V | 49 | 05 56 24 | -14 10 04 |
| Delta | 3.76 | 1.07 | G8IIIwkCN | 112 | 05 51 19 | -20 52 45 |
| Other objects of interest | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Type of Object | Notes |
| Hind's Crimson Star | star | R Lep. See separate entry |
| NGC 2017 | open cluster | Binoculars or a small telescope reveal five stars, ranging from sixth to tenth magnitude; of these, two are binaries that can be split by a telescope of 15 cm aperture. Magnitude 6.4; diameter 15'; R.A 05h 39.4m, Dec. -17° 51' |
| M79 (NGC 1904) | globular cluster | A compact, interesting object for small telescopes, lying close to Herschel 3752. Magnitude 9.9; diameter 8.7'; R.A. 05h 24.5m, Dec. -24° 33' |
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• NOTABLE STARS
• NEBULAE AND STAR CLUSTERS
• GALAXIES
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