Constellation
The constellation Lepus
Lep
Lepus gathers 45 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Arneb, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around December.
Lepus in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 45
- Brightest star
- Arneb
- Region of the sky
- Southern sky
- Highest around
- December
- With a proper name
- 2
- Nearest star
- Gamma Leporis
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 2.58
Declination from -27° to -12°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
29 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Lepus
The 45 stars of Lepus catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- ArnebAlpha Leporis2.58
- NihalBeta Leporis2.81
- Epsilon Leporis3.19
- Mu Leporis3.29
- Zeta Leporis3.55
- Gamma Leporis3.59
- Eta Leporis3.71
- Delta Leporis3.76
- Lambda Leporis4.29
- Kappa Leporis4.36
- Iota Leporis4.45
- Theta Leporis4.67
- HIP 249274.70
- HIP 233624.91
- 17 Leporis4.92
- HIP 234305.01
- HIP 286755.03
- HIP 245055.06
- HIP 250455.06
- 8 Leporis5.25
- 19 Leporis5.28
- Nu Leporis5.29
- HIP 289435.46
- HIP 246795.48
- HIP 275175.49
- HIP 291505.49
- 10 Leporis5.53
- HIP 292055.56
- HIP 241695.60
- HIP 235545.61
- HIP 279385.62
- HIP 252805.64
- HIP 231665.65
- HIP 236685.71
- HIP 292345.71
- HIP 292945.72
- HIP 269665.73
- 1 Leporis5.74
- HIP 289845.74
- HIP 253975.78
- HIP 275335.87
- 12 Leporis5.88
- HIP 280855.95
- HIP 247865.96
- HIP 238315.97
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.