Alpha Leporis, "Arneb", is a yellow supergiant 1280 light years away.

Alpha is due south of the central star of Orion's belt, and nearly due west of Sirius, the brightest star in the heavens.

The easiest way to find alpha Leporis is with the naked eye. Pick a point between Rigel (beta Orionis) and lambda Eridani (the star to the right of Rigel). Now move your eyes slowly to the south and you'll come to a group of stars which seemingly point southward. The brightest of these -- mu Leporis -- is the farthest south: binoculars.

To the east of mu Leporis, in the same field of view are alpha and beta Leporis: binoculars.

In the same binocular field as alpha -- due east -- is the relatively faint but interesting star cluster (really a binary system) NGC 2017 also known as h3780.