Lepus Lep
Lepus is one of the 88 constellations, covering 290 square degrees of the sky (51st largest). It is highest at midnight in December and best in the evening sky in January and February.
5 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Lep |
|---|---|
| Size | 290 square degrees (51st largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 5h 34m, −19° |
| Highest at midnight | December (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: January and February) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 51° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 21°. |
| Pages here | 5 objects |
Nebulae
1Star clusters
1Stars
3Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| M79 · NGC 1904 | Globular star cluster | 8.2 | 7.2′ |
| IC 418 | Planetary nebula | 9.4 | 0.2′ |
| NGC 1964 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.9 | 5.2′ |
| NGC 2196 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.2 | 2.8′ |
| NGC 1744 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.5 | 5.3′ |
| NGC 1832 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.5 | 2.5′ |
| NGC 1784 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.6 | 4′ |
| NGC 2139 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 2.9′ |
| NGC 1888 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.9 | 3.3′ |
| NGC 1954 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12 | 3.6′ |
| IC 438 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.1 | 2.8′ |
| NGC 2179 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.4 | 2′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits