Lepus

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Lepus is a small southern constellation located just below Orion, traditionally representing a hare.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lepus canonical 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomicalObject
constellation
globularCluster
openCluster
planetaryNebula
star
star
star
star
abbreviation Lep
apparentMagnitude 2.58
2.81
7.7
associatedMythology GreekMythology
linked to: Greek mythology
belongsTo 48PtolemaicConstellations
88IAUConstellations
bestVisibleAtLocalTime around21hInJanuary
borderedBy Caelum
Columba
Eridanus
Monoceros
Orion
brightestStar Arneb
containsDeepSkyObject IC418
Messier79
NGC2017
containsStar DeltaLeporis
GammaLeporis
declinationRange approximatelyMinus11DegreesToMinus27Degrees
genitiveForm Leporis
hasIAUBoundariesDefinedIn 1930
IAUConstellationCode Lep
latinNameMeaning hare
liesSouthOf Orion
locatedIn southernCelestialHemisphere
locatedInConstellation Lepus
Lepus
Lepus
Lepus
Lepus
Lepus
Lepus
oftenDepictedAs hareChasedByOrionsDogs
rightAscensionRange approximately4h57mTo6h11m
secondBrightestStar Nihal
spectralType F0Ib
F6V
G5II
traditionalRepresentation hare
visibleInSeason northernWinter
southernSummer

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orion borderedBy Lepus
Canis Major borderedBy Lepus
Arneb locatedInConstellation Lepus
subject linked to: Lepus
Nihal locatedInConstellation Lepus
subject linked to: Lepus
GammaLeporis locatedInConstellation Lepus
subject linked to: Lepus
DeltaLeporis locatedInConstellation Lepus
subject linked to: Lepus
Messier79 locatedInConstellation Lepus
subject linked to: Lepus
NGC2017 locatedInConstellation Lepus
subject linked to: Lepus
IC418 locatedInConstellation Lepus
subject linked to: Lepus
Monoceros borders Lepus