Leo is the 12th largest of all the constellations and in terms of the night sky, taking up up an area of around 947 square degrees. The constellation is visible at latitudes between +90⁰nd ...

Leo the Lion is one of them. There’s no question as to what he resembles. The main part of the constellation looks like a backward question mark shining brightly in […] ...

Except for Ursa Major, Leo the Lion is the most easily recognizable constellation of the northern spring sky. Brilliant Regulus, the Lion’s heart, first draws our attention to the celestial king ...

XII) Leo’s most famous asterism (a pattern of stars that’s not an official constellation) is the Sickle. It marks the head and mane of the lion, and resembles a backward question mark in the sky.

Leo the Lion is an easily recognizable collection of stars. In one form or another, this constellation has been around for several millennia and perhaps was the original inspiration for the Great ...

Leo is also home to one of my favorite variable stars, R Leonis, 370 light-years away. This is a classic Mira-type long-period variable, deep red in color. It varies over a period of 312 days ...

The constellation of Leo is at least 4,000 years old, ... Egypt and other Near Eastern and African cultures all portray this constellation as a lion.

During spring, Leo, the lion, punctuates the night sky. The main part of the constellation looks like a backward question mark, which is leaning to the left in the southeastern sky. This year, star… ...

"Hercules fought the lion for 40 days and 40 nights with his bare hands, the story goes, until eventually he strangled the lion," she says. He took one of Leo's claws to cut the lion skin and wore ...

The constellation Leo Minor (the Little Lion) is overhead in our evening sky. From the name, you would think that it is a classical constellation like its neighboring constellations Leo and Ursa ...

One of the surest signs of spring for stargazers is the constellation Leo high in the evening sky. One of the 12 traditional constellations of the zodiac, Leo is one of the best-known star ...