Lep - Lepus the Hare
Origin and History
Lepus is included in the ancient star catalogs of Eudoxos of Knidos, Aratos of Soli, and Ptolemy.
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Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Lepus | 1661 |
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Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Lepus, detail | 1661 |
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Bode (1801), Plate 18 | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), Plate 18: Lepus | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), Plate 1: Aries Planisphere Uranographia Tab I. Stellatum Hemisphaeri um Arietis. Bode included two planisphere plates. They are not southern and northern hemispheres; each one has Polaris at the top and the south pole at the bottom. Each… |
1801 |
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Hyginus (1485) figure: Lepus | 1485 |
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Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Canis Major more Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Canis Major, Lepus |
1825 |
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Urania's Mirror (1825) figure: Lepus more | 1825 |
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