Mythology and history

Characteristics

        Lepus, is precious constellation located to the south or the feet of Orion and therefore quite easy to identify in winter skies of the North hemisphere and the warm summery nights of the South hemisphere. It crosses the parallel of 20º of South latitude and one is to 20º to the south of the equator of the Milky Route. She is rich in shining stars and globular accumulations. It has square dimensions of 270º.

  Lepus limits the north with the constellations of Orion and Monoceros, to the east with Eridianus, the south with the constellations of Caelum and Columba and to the west with Canis Major.

             Lepus I located the 14 of December of 1981 at the age of 14 years from the locality of Inca, Majorca, Spain to it.

Observations by telescope

       NOTE: One is in a rich zone; one is one double brilliant and very easy to identify, it is unfolded without difficulty with the eyeglass of 50x; the main one is white and secondary the bluish one

        NOTE: h 3752: One is in a rich zone; one is one double with an appreciable difference of brightness and tightened, it is unfolded with 100x, the main one is red, however, the secondary one is yellow; it is one pretty double.

        M 79: One is to only 30' to the east of h3752; it is observed two layers different from granular concentration corresponding to the nucleus and to periféria, it is enough unique brilliant and practically the observable one in this zone of the sky corresponding to periféria of the Milky Route; parsecs is to 13,300, the spectral type of the accumulation is F6; it is of class 5 corresponding to a scale 1 to the 12 of concentration, the metalidad index is -1,69 of (Fe/H), has a radial speed of 185 Km/s.

       NOTE: One is in a relatively rich field; easy to identify it is unfolded with 100x; one treats, therefore, of one it doubles tight, the main one is red, however, the secondary one is yellow.

            NOTE: One is in a poor zone; there is a remarkable difference of brightness between the components, of which I have not been able to identify the colors, they are slightly tight, although it is unfolded with 50x.

        NOTE: One is in a zone not very rich, is spectacular cuadruple, all the very separated components and therefore unfolding itself with 50x, profit not to identify the colors of that family.

           NOTE: One is in a rich zone; by his brightness it is easy to identify it, the separation between both is very great, but by the brightness of the main one it is, altogether pretty.

       NOTE: One is in a partially rich zone; there is a smallest difference of magnitude; they are quite separated, is unfolded without difficulty with 50x, the main one is white, however, the secondary one is bluish.

       NOTE: One is in a rich zone; there is a slight difference of brightness between the components, are something tight, although already it is unfolded with 50x; the main one is blue, however, the secondary one is white.

        NOTE: One is in a quite rich zone; there is a great difference of brightness, one is one double tight one, is unfolded not without difficulty with 200x, the main one I believe that she is white, however, with complete certainty the secondary one he is red, it is identified easily due to the magnitude of the main one.

        NOTE: One is in a partially rich zone; there is a difference of appreciable brightness, are not absolutely very separated, is unfolded with 50x; the main one I see white it, and secondary the orange with red tonalities; one is one pretty double.

       NOTE: One is in a partially rich zone; there is a small difference of brightness between both components; they are slightly separated, I create supposition that both components are white, although am not absolutely safe, easy to locate is unfolded with the eyeglass of 50x.

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