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CONSTELLATION OF LEO MINOR |
Name: Leo Minor
Abbreviation: LMi
Meaning: Lion Cub
Right Ascension: 10h
Declination: +35º
Area (Degrees squared): 232
Stars with known planets: 0
Bordering Constellations: Ursa Major, Lynx, Cancer,
Leo
Visible at latitudes between +90º and -45º and best at 21.00h during April. In the northern hemisphere, the constellation of Leo Minor is considered a
springtime constellation, visible between January and August depending on the time of night.
Leo Minor is a small and faint constellation with its brightest stars forming a triangle. It lies between the larger and more easily recognised constellations
of Ursa Major and Leo. Leo Minor was not regarded as a separate constellation by the ancients but was created by Johannes Hevelius in 1687.
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| Observations |
Deep Sky Objects:
NGC 3003 - a Galaxy seen almost edge-on, with an apparent brightness of 11.7m and an angular size of 5.9 arcminutes.
Leo Minor has little to see for amateur astronomers and has only one star brighter than 4 magnitude. The Numbered Stars with Magnitudes are:
1. +3.75 - Praecipua is almost (but not quite) a giant star of spectral class K0 which lies at a distance of approximately 98 light years.
Praecipua does not have a Bayer* designation which makes Leo Minor the only constellation whose brightest star does not have one.
2. +4.60
3. +4.45
4. +4.50
*Bayer is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form
of its parent constellation's Latin name.
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