Constellations
The Sickle
In Leo
Also known as sickle of leo.
6 looks for The Sickle
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 The Sickle
- What it is
- A star pattern: The Lion's head and mane, a backwards question mark
- Family
- Famous star patterns
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in April
- Centre
- Right ascension 10h 05m, declination +20° 19′
- The figure
- 6 stars joined by 5 lines
- Brightest star
- Regulus, magnitude 1.35
It sits in Leo.
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
- Algieba (γ1 Leo)mag 2.30
- Algenubi (ε Leo)mag 2.98
- 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