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NIHAL (Beta Leporis). Lepus (the Hare), lying beneath Orion's feet, consists of third magnitude and fainter stars. Arneb, the Alpha star, is the brightest, and is logically followed by the Beta star, Nihal.
Nihal (Nibal) would seem to derive from the name that was formerly applied by the Arabs to the four brightest stars of Lepus - Al Nihal, "The Drinking Camels." The stars were seen as camels drinking from the river of the near-by Milky Way.
81 Nihal [Nibal]: nihāl (Camels) quenching their thirst
* R Lep Hind's Crimson Star - variable 5.5 - 11.7
Stars with Bayer designations
* γ Lep - double 3.59, 6.15; δ Lep 3.76; ε Lep 3.19; ζ Lep 3.
It lies in the northeastern part (5:46:57.3-14:49:19.0, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Lepus, the Hare -- northeast of Arneb (Alpha Leporis) and Nihal (Beta Leporis), west of Eta and Theta Leporis, and southeast of Saiph (Kappa Orionis).
[4973] beta Leporis or Nihal ("camels"), the second brightest star in Lepus, is a bright giant about 159 light-years distant.
Main named stars in Lepus: (Greek alphabet)
Arneb (α Lep), Neshmet (μ Lep), Nihal (β Lep), Sasin (ε Lep).
Constellations adjoining Lepus: Caelum, Canis Major, Columba, Eridanus, Monoceros, Orion.
Named stars: Alpha Lep (Elarneb/Arneb), Beta Lep (Nihal)
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 See also: Distance, Star, Lepus, Sun, Constellation
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