Leo

The Lion
(Leo)


          
Leo image mapLynxCanes VenaticiVirgoComa BerenicesUrsa MajorLeo MinorCancerSextans


Leo is the fifth Sign of the Zodiac:

Star sign

"Birth Signs"

Dates

Aries The Ram

March 21 - April 19

Taurus The Bull

April 20 - May 20

Gemini The Twins

May 21 - June 21

Cancer The Crab

June 22 - July 22

Leo The Lion

July 23 - August 22

VirgoThe Virgin

August 23 - September 22

Libra The Balance

September 23 - October 23

Scorpio The Scorpion

October 24 - November 21

Sagittarius The Archer

November 22 - December 21

Capricorn The Goat

December 22 - January 19

Aquarius The Water Carrier

January 20th - February 18

Pisces The Fish

February 19 - March 20



Brightest stars:

         ______epoch 2000.0______
 
         R Ascension   Declination m    Spectrum parallax common name
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Alpha  10h  8m 22.3s  11° 58' 2" 1.35   B7V       0.045"  Regulus
Beta   11h 49m  3.6s  14° 34' 19" 2.14v  A3V       0.082"  Denebola
Delta  11h 14m  6.5s  20° 31' 25" 2.56   A4V       0.048"  Zozma
Gamma 1 10h 19m 58.3s  19° 50' 30" 2.61   K1-IIIb   0.022"  AlGieba
Epsilon  9h 45m 51.1s  23° 46' 27" 2.98   G1II      0.010"  Ras Elased
Theta  11h 14m 14.4s  15° 25' 46" 3.34   A2V       0.026"  Chort
Zeta   10h 16m 41.4s  23° 25' 2" 3.44   F0III     0.017"  Adhafera
Omicron  9h 41m  9.0s  9° 53' 32" 3.52   F6II      0.034"
Eta    10h  7m 20.0s  16° 45' 46" 3.52   A0Ib      0.003" 
Gamma 2 10h 19m 58.6s  19° 50' 26" 3.80   G7III     0.022"
Rho    10h 32m 48.7s  9° 18' 24" 3.85v  B1Ib      0.011" 
Mu       9h 52m 45.8s  26° 0' 25" 3.88   K2III     0.025"  Rasalas
Iota   11h 23m 55.5s  10° 31' 45" 3.94   F4IV      0.052"
Sigma  11h 21m  8.2s  6° 1' 46" 4.05   B9.5V     0.001" 
Upsilon 11h 36m 56.9s - 0° 49' 26" 4.30   G8.5IIIC  0.019" 
Lambda   9h 31m 43.2s  22° 58' 5" 4.31   K5III     0.020"  Alterf
31     10h  7m 54.3s  9° 59' 51" 4.37   K3.5IIIb
60     11h  2m 19.8s  20° 10' 47" 4.42   A1m       0.017" 
Kappa    9h 24m 39.3s  26° 10' 56" 4.46   K2III
Phi    11h 16m 39.7s - 3° 39' 6" 4.47   A7IVn     0.019" 
54     10h 55m 36.8s  24° 44' 59" 4.50   A1V       0.015"
93     11h 47m 59.1s  20° 13' 8" 4.53v  G5III-IV  0.022"  (DQ Leo)
72     11h 15m 12.2s  23° 5' 44" 4.63   M3IIb     0.010" 
Chi    11h  5m  1.0s  7° 20' 10" 4.63   F2III-IV  0.029" 
Pi     10h  0m 12.8s  8° 2' 39" 4.70   M2-IIIab  0.017"
 



Deep sky objects:

 

M 95

 

M 96

 

M 105

 

M 65

 

M 66

                ___epoch 2000.0___     m 
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NGC3351  M 95  10h 43.9m  11° 42'    11.0    spiral galaxy          
NGC3368  M 96  10h 46.7m  11° 49'    10.5    spiral galaxy          
NGC3379  M105  10h 47.8m  12° 35'    11.0    elliptical galaxy      
NGC3623  M 65  11h 18.9m  13°  6'    10.5    spiral galaxy          
NGC3627  M 66  11h 20.2m  13° 60'    10.0    spiral galaxy            
 





Neighbours: 
Virgo -Coma Berenices -Ursa Major - Leo Minor - Cancer -Hydra -Sextans - Crater

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