Constellations · Constellation · Leporis · Lep
Constellation
Lepus
The hare, crouched at Orion’s feet — the prey of the hunter and his dogs.
- Genitive
- Leporis
- Area
- 290 square degrees · 51st of 88
- Brightest star
- Arneb · magnitude 2.58
- Naked-eye stars
- 73 brighter than magnitude 6.5
- Highest at midnight
- mid December
Myth
A pair of hares, brought to the island of Leros, multiplied until they ate every crop. The islanders drove them off, and the gods set a hare in the sky as a warning.
Look for
Hind’s Crimson Star (R Leporis) is one of the reddest stars in the sky, like a drop of blood in binoculars.