Constellations
Leo (Leo)
The Lion
Also known as lion.
6 looks for Leo
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Leo
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Lion
- IAU abbreviation
- Leo
- Its stars are named
- Leonis (as in "Alpha Leonis")
- Family
- The zodiac
- Where
- Along the celestial equator: seen from both hemispheres
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in April
- Centre
- Right ascension 10h 32m, declination +19° 25′
- The figure
- 9 stars joined by 9 lines
- Brightest star
- Regulus, magnitude 1.35
Star patterns in it: The Sickle, Great Diamond.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Regulus (α Leo)mag 1.35
- Denebola (β Leo)mag 2.14
- Algieba (γ1 Leo)mag 2.30
- Zosma (δ Leo)mag 2.56
- Algenubi (ε Leo)mag 2.98
- Chertan (θ Leo)mag 3.34
- Adhafera (ζ Leo)mag 3.44
- Al Jabhah (η Leo)mag 3.52
- Rasalas (μ Leo)mag 3.88
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation