✧ Lepus

  Lepus is an asterism in Lepus.

                                   ·  ·
             ·⢤⣀⡀                  ⠈⣇ ⡇
                ⠉⠓·⣄                ⠘⡆⡇
                   ⠈⠳⣄               ⢹⡇
                     ⠈⠙⢦⡀          ⢀⣀⡤·
                        ⠙⠦⣄   ⣀⣠⠤⠖⠚⠉  ⠘⡆
                          ⠈•⠚⠉⠁        ⢳
                           ⠸⡄          ⠘⡆
                            ⢧           ⢳
                            ⠸⡄          ⠘⡆
                ·⣄         ⣀⣠•⢤⣀⣀        ⢳
                 ⠈⠳⣄  ⢀⣠⠤⠖⠋⠁    ⠈⠉⠓⠲⠤⢤⣀⡀ ⠘⡆
                   ⠈·⠚⠉                ⠉⠙⠒·

  Type            Asterism
  Constellation   Lepus
  Stars           10

  More information about Lepus

  Lepus is a compact figure of moderately bright stars sitting directly
  below Orion, and it goes unnoticed mostly because of what surrounds it.
  The traditional picture has the hare being run down by Canis Major, the
  dog of Orion the hunter, at his feet. It contains one of the reddest
  stars in the sky, R Leporis, found by the English astronomer John
  Russell Hind in 1845 and called Hind's Crimson Star ever since. Its
  outer layers are full of soot, which absorbs the blue light and leaves a
  red deep enough to be obvious through binoculars.

  Etymology
  From        Latin
  Reading     Lepus
  Literally   the hare

  The evolution of Lepus over time

  -50,000 years
  
  
  
  
                                               ⡰·
                                             ⢀⠞
                                           ⢀⡰⠃
                                          ⣠⠊             ·  ·⡀
                                        ⢀⡔⠁               ⠙⢆ ⣇
                                       ⣰⡮·⢄⡀                ⠳⡸⡀
                                   ⢀⡤⢖⠟⠁   ⠙⠢⣀              ⣀⡸·
                                   ⢀·⠁       ⠈⠑⢤⡀     ⢀⣀⠤⠖⠊⠉  ⠸⡄
                                  ⠠·⢄⣀⡀         ⠈⠢⡠⠴⠒⠉⠁        ⢧
                                      ⠈⠉⠙⠒⠲⠤⠤⣀⣀   •⢄           ⠸⡄
                                               ⠉⠉⠒⠒⠮⠦⣀⡀         ⢧
                                            Arneb   • ⠈⠉⠓⠢⠤⣄⣀   ⠘⡄
                                                      Nihal ⠈⠉⠒⠲⠤⢇
                                                                 ·
  
  
  
  
  now
  
  
  
  
  
                                                        ⠠·  ·
                                    ⢄⣀⡀                  ⠹⡄ ⡇
                                    · ⠈⠉⠑·⢄⡀              ⠹⡄⡇
                                           ⠙⢤⡀             ⠘⡇
                                             ⠈⠲⣀      ⣀⣠⠤⠔⠚⠉·⡀
                                               ⠈⠑⢤⠤⠒⠊⠉       ⣇
                                           Arneb •⡆          ⢸⡀
                                                  ⠸⡄          ⣇
                                                   ⢱  Nihal   ⢸⡀
                                       ·⢢⡀     ⢀⡠⠤⠒⠉•⠑⠒⠤⢤⣀⡀    ⢇
                                         ⠈⠢⣀⡤⠖⠊⠁          ⠈⠙⠒⠦⠤⣸⡀
                                           ·                    ·
  
  
  
  
  
  +50,000 years
  
                                       ·
                                        ⠙⢆                ·   ·
                                          ⠳⡀              ⠈⡇ ⢠⠃
                                           ⠈·⡀             ⠸⡀⡼
                                             ⠈⠣⣄            ⢧⠇
                                               ⠈⠱⢄    ⢀⣀⣠⠤⠖⠒⠙·
                                                  ⠙•⠒⠉⠉      ⢣
                                             Arneb ⢸⡀        ⠘⡆
                                                    ⣇         ⢳
                                                    ⠸⡀        ⠘⡆
                                                     ⢧  Nihal  ⢱
                                                     ⢸•⠢⠤⢄⣀⡀   ⠈⡇
                                                     ⠈⡇    ⠉⠙⠒⠢⠤⣹
                                                      ⡇          ·
                                                      ⢱
                                                      ⢸
                                                      ⠸⡄
                                                  ⣀⣀⣀⣀⠤⠇
                                   ⢀⣀⣠⠤⠤⠤⠴⠒⠒⠒⠒⠉⠉⠉⠉     ·
                                   ·

  Over 50,000 years either way the longest side of this figure changes by 11%, and the furthest
  any of its stars travels is 11.1 degrees. HR 1702, Arneb, HR 1998 and HR 2085 drift the
  opposite way to the other 6, which travel together. Proper motion only: this is the shape
  changing, not the sky turning or the pole moving.

  curl 'skymap.sh/Lepus/evolution.gif'

  where it is tonight:  skymap.sh/Lepus