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name: Lepus
created_by: skybber
created_date: 2021-07-10 08:30:38.421929
updated_by: skybber
updated_date: 2022-02-11 17:11:07.779446
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A small but relatively prominent constellation in the southern sky, lying just below Orion. The constellation is not hard to find as it is a fairly distinctive grouping of brighter constellations. Because of its more southerly declination, however, we must wait for its culmination to best see its objects. For a binocular or small telescope, however, only the globular cluster M79 and the blood-red Hind's Crimson Star are worth the effort to find.

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