Lepus Facts

Translation: The Hare

Abbreviation: Lep

Genitive: Leporis

Right Ascension: 6 hours

Declination: -20 degrees

Visible between latitudes 60 and -90 degrees

Area: 290 sq. deg. (rank 51 out of 88)

Best seen in February (at 9:00 PM)

Visible in the Northern Hemisphere in winter.

One of the many animals hunted by Orion, the Hunter.

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