ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a map of Lepus, Columba, and Caelum. This map is of course dominated by Canis Major, led by Sirius, by far the most brilliant star in the entire sky. Lepus contains an intensely red variable, R, which has an N-type spectrum and is nicknamed the Crimson Star. Columba is not a very prominent constellation, and from the latitudes of northern Europe and the northern United States and Canada it is always low. NGC 1851 (C73) is a globular cluster on the borders of Columba and Caelum; it has an integrated magnitude of just below 7, and is barely visible in the photograph. It is notable as being a source of X-rays. Eridanus, the celestial River, is an immensely long constellation.
