#lepus

[mammalianmammals]

Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), family Leporidae, Southern CA, USA

photograph by Butch Fermil

[nekobungi]

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English edition of Silhouette of the Moon Rabbit, a spin-off of the beloved Silhouette of the Sea Breeze, is now available on ebook stores!

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[nemfrog]

Constellations. Kleiner Himmels-Atlas. Little Atlas of the Sky. 1826.

Cancer

Canis Minor

Monoceros

Orion

Hydra

Canis Major

Lepus

Puppis

Columba

e-rara

[artofmaquenda]

The March Madness

The mating period of European hares starts end of January, beginning of February and ends end of July, beginning of August. The height of the breeding season, is known as "March madness", when the normally nocturnal bucks are forced to be active in the daytime.The boxing usually occurs when a male is being too persistent with a female, chasing her across fields in an attempt to mate.

Right at the beginning of the hare breeding season, in January, is also the best time to see the constellation Lepus.

[quiltofstars]

The constellation of Lepus, the Hare // E. Slawik/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Zamani

Click below for some information about this bunny rabbit as well as an annotated image!

Lepus, which is Latin for "hare," is one of the original 48 constellations described by Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century. Sitting in between much brighter constellations, it doesn't have any particular mythology associated with it, although it is sometimes described as a hare being chased by one of Orion's hunting dogs.

Despite that obscurity, there are several named stars in Lepus:

Arneb (α Leporis) is the brightest star in Lepus, it being a yellow supergiant star about 2,200 light years away. This star is over 100 times larger than the Sun! Its name comes from the Arabic word arnab meaning "hare."

Nihal (β Leporis) is a yellow giant star about 160 light years away. Its name refers to the Arabic constellation nihal, a group of stars known as "The Camels Quenching Their Thirst."

Ping (ε Leporis) is an orange giant star about 209 light years away. Its name comes from the Chinese asterism ping (屏) representing the screen in front of a toilet. Yep. You read that right.

Bade (μ Leporis) is a blue giant star about 170 light years away. This is a chemically peculiar star: it has an overabundance of manganese and mercury in its atmosphere compared to other stars of the same type. Its name comes from Bali astronomy: Bade is the name of this constellation, being a funeral tower.

Darlugal (ζ Leporis) is a blue-white star about 70 light years away. This star is the first known to have an extra-solar asteroid belt. This particular asteroid belt is about 200 times more massive than ours, or about half the total mass of the Moon. Its name comes from the ancient Sumerian name DAR.LUGAL meaning "rooster."

[sakurafigures]

♡ Lepus (Daiblos Core) - Freyja Figure Studio

[all-mammal-creechur]

Broom Hare Lepus castroviejoi

It is restricted to the Cantabrian Mountains in northern Spain. It was described in 1976 as separate from the Granada hare. It lives in mountains at elevations up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft), though it descends during the winter to avoid the colder temperatures and snow.

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[drowningin-reverie]

Lepus please get out of the water you were born like a minute ago YOU CAN'T SWIM

Lepus fanart for @fragmentoftheuniverseau !! Go check out their au if you haven't already!! Do it!! DO IT!!

Bonus little art that didn't turn out how I wanted it to and that I never finished, but posting it here anyways! (May or may not redo it later on)