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Leo, with Leo Minor above, as depicted in Urania's Mirror, a set of constellation cards published in London c.1825. Leo is also home to a bright variable star, the red giant R Leonis. It is a Mira variable with a minimum magnitude of 10 and normal maximum magnitude of 6; it periodically brightens to magnitude 4.4.
Regulus is the brightest object in the constellation Leo and one of the brightest stars in the night sky. It has the Bayer designation designated α Leonis, which is Latinized to Alpha Leonis, and abbreviated Alpha Leo or α Leo. Regulus appears singular, but is actually a quadruple star system composed of four stars that are organized into two ...
Messier 95, also known as M95 or NGC 3351, is a barred spiral galaxy about 33 million light-years away in the zodiac constellation Leo. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781, and catalogued by compatriot Charles Messier four days later. In 2012 its most recent supernova was discovered.
Leo Minor above the head of Leo, as depicted in Urania's Mirror, a set of constellation cards published in London c. 1825 [28] Also known as SU and SV Leonis Minoris, 10 and 11 Leonis Minoris are yellow giants of spectral type G8III, with average magnitudes 4.54 and 5.34 respectively.
Theta Leonis, Latinized from θ Leonis, formally named Chertan, [10] is a star in the constellation of Leo.With an apparent visual magnitude of +3.324 [2] it is visible to the naked eye and forms one of the brighter stars in the constellation.
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Leo, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F G. Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. mag. abs. mag. Dist. Sp. class Notes ...
Zeta Leonis (ζ Leonis, abbreviated Zeta Leo, ζ Leo), also named Adhafera / æ d ə ˈ f ɪər ə /, [11] is a third-magnitude star in the constellation of Leo, the lion.It forms the second star (after Gamma Leonis) in the blade of the sickle, which is an asterism formed from the head of Leo.
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