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Leo / ˈ l iː oʊ / is one of the constellations of the zodiac, between Cancer the crab to the west and Virgo the maiden to the east. It is located in the Northern celestial hemisphere . Its name is Latin for lion , and to the ancient Greeks represented the Nemean Lion killed by the mythical Greek hero Heracles as one of his twelve labors.
The James Webb Space Telescope recently took a look at Leo P, a dwarf galaxy, and its patterns of star formation. Leo P formed stars early on, and then stopped.
NGC 3106 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Leo Minor.The galaxy lies about 290 million light years away from Earth, which means, given its apparent dimensions, that NGC 3106 is approximately 100,000 light years across. [1]
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 ...
NGC 3842 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel. It is notable for containing one of the largest black holes ever detected, reported to have a mass of 9.7 billion solar masses. [2] It is around 330 million light-years distant from Earth. NGC 3842 is the brightest member [3] of the Leo Cluster ...
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.
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 96 (also known as M96 or NGC 3368) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 31 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. Observational history and appearance [ edit ]