LEPUS

LEPUS

• Lepus constellation lies in the southern sky.
• Lepus mean hare in latin.(rabit)

LEPUS

• Lepus belongs to the Orion family.
• Lepus is the 51st constellation in size.
• Which makes it a small constellation.

LEPUS

• The brightest star in the constellation is Arneb.
• There are no meteor showers associated with Lepus.

LEPUS

• Lepus was hunted by Orion.
• There is messier objective in Lepus M79.
• It is a globular cluster of magnitude 8.0,
• 42,000 light-years from earth.

LEPUS

• Nearst star is 19 light-years away.
• Lepus was discovered by a british astronomer, John Russell Hind.

PICTURE

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://starryskies.com/The_sky/constellations/lepus.html
• http://www.ilovemybunnies.com/rabbit-constellation-lepus/
• http://mail.colonial.net/~hkaiter/starweb/Section3/kaitlynlepus3/kaitlynlep...
• http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/329527/view
• http://www.absoluteaxarquia.com/nightsky/lepus.html

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://www.123rf.com/photo_22773737_the-constellation-lepus-star-in-the-nig...
• http://bobmoler.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/012511-ephemeris-the-constellation...
• http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/Lepus.htm
• http://astronomylinks.wikispaces.com/Lepus
• http://astronomylinks.wikispaces.com/Lepus