CONSTELLATION MAJOR MINOR AUSTRALIS BOREALIS NIGHT SKY GUIDE THE NIGHT SKY LEO CONSTELLATION LIES NORTHERN SKY THE ZODIAC CONSTELLATIONS LARGEST IN THE SKY LEO THE LION THE NEMEAN LION GREEK MYTHOLOGY SYMBOL THE GREEK ASTRONOMER PTOLEMY THE 2ND THE OTHER CONSTELLATIONS OF THE ZODIAC BRIGHT STARS REGULUS DENEBOLA NEARBY STAR WOLF NUMBER FAMOUS DEEP SKY OBJECTS GALAXIES MESSIER NGC 3628 LOCATION MAGAZINE AREA SQUARE DEGREES QUADRANT NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SEEN LATITUDES NEIGHBORING COMA BERENICES LEO MINOR URSA MAJOR MESSIER 65 NGC 3623 MESSIER 66 NGC 3627 MESSIER 95 NGC 3351 MESSIER 96 NGC 3368 MESSIER 105 NGC 3379 STAR ALPHA LEONIS APPARENT VISUAL MAGNITUDE METEOR SHOWERS THE LEONIDS PEAK RADIANT BRIGHT STAR GAMMA LEONIS LEONIDS SHOWER PEAKS JANUARY 1 BELONGS TO FAMILY CAPRICORNUS AQUARIUS MYTH ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE SUGGESTS MESOPOTAMIANS SIMILAR THE PERSIANS BABYLONIANS SYRIANS THE TURKS THE STAR THE KING ANCIENT THE GREEKS THE BEAST HERACLES TWELVE LABOURS ERATOSTHENES HYGINUS THE CONSTELLATIONS LIVED IN A CAVE KILLING THE LOCAL INHABITANTS SKIN PIERCED HERCULES ANDREAS KILL TRAPPED EVENTUALLY CHOKED CLAWS CUT OFF WORE THE PELT COMPLETE THE CLOAK PROTECTED APPEAR SHAPE SICKLE MARKS THE TIP ALGIEBA EVEN THOUGH NAME MEANS FOREHEAD ZOSMA MAJOR STARS LEONIS LIGHT YEARS SYSTEM PAIRS SPECTROSCOPIC BINARY MAIN SEQUENCE STAR BELONGING SPECTRAL CLASS COMPANION CANNOT BELIEVED WHITE THE TWO STARS ORBIT COMMON CENTRE OF MASS 40 DAYS C SHARE COMMON PROPER MOTION ANGULAR DISTANCE ARC SECONDS DIMMER MAIN SEQUENCE STARS THE COMPANION BELONG TO ASTRONOMICAL UNITS ORBITAL PERIOD PRIMARY YOUNG STAR MILLION YEARS TIMES THE MASS OF THE SUN FAST ROTATION PERIOD OBLATE ROTATING CENTRIPETAL FORCE GRAVITY ENOUGH HOLD SO CLOSE OCCULTED THE MOON MERCURY IN THE EVENING WINTER THE ONLY MONTH TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN GREEK NAME ARABIC NAME QALB HEART STELLAR CLASSIFICATION SOLAR RADIUS CLASSIFIED DELTA SCUTI VARIABLE BRIGHTNESS PERIOD VARIATIONS LUMINOSITY BETA LEONIS LESS THAN RAPID RESULTS BULGE THE EQUATOR PROJECTED ROTATIONAL VELOCITY STRONG INFRARED EXCESS DEBRIS DISK OF DUST IC 2391 SUPERCLUSTER STELLAR ASSOCIATION WHOSE MEMBER MOTION GRAVITATIONALLY BOUND ASSOCIATION ALPHA PICTORIS BETA CANIS MINORIS CANIS MINOR THE STARS THE OPEN ALSO KNOWN AS OMICRON VELORUM CLUSTER COMES ARABIC DOUBLE STAR TRADITIONAL SOMETIMES LATIN NAME GIANT STAR CLASSIFICATION BRIGHTER GIANT LUMINOUS THE SUN CLASS VISUAL MAGNITUDE BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN SOLAR PLANET DISCOVERED THE ORBIT EASY OBSERVE SMALL TELESCOPE GOOD CONDITIONS APPEARS ORANGE RED GREENISH YELLOW ADHAFERA JABBAH COLLECTIVELY THE SICKLE DELTA LEONIS ROTATOR EQUATORIAL BULGE WHITE MAIN SEQUENCE STAR SPECTRAL TYPE HOTTER URSA MAJOR MOVING GROUP GROUP URSA ORIGIN ANCIENT GREEK CHORT THETA LEONIS VISIBLE NAKED THE SOLAR SYSTEM YOUNGER EMISSION PRESENCE CIRCUMSTELLAR DISK HIGH NAMES CHERTAN MEANING KAPPA LEONIS BINARY STAR APPARENT MAGNITUDE MUZZLE STELLAR ALTERF LAMBDA LEONIS VIEW SUBRA OMICRON LEONIS COMPONENTS CLASSES ETA LEONIS WHITE SUPERGIANT ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE BINARY SYSTEM ZETA LEONIS OPTICAL COMPANION AWAY AS IT RAS ELASED BOREALIS MU LEONIS RASALAS ELAD PHRASE NORTHERN RAS ELASED AUSTRALIS EPSILON LEONIS BRIGHT GIANT FIFTH RAS ELASED ASAD ALGENUBI DERIVED SOUTHERN STAR CEPHEID VARIABLE CHANGING AMPLITUDE MAGNITUDE DELTA CEPHEI CEPHEUS CONSTELLATION DIRECT RELATIONSHIP STANDARD CANDLES DISTANCE RHO LEONIS REACHED STAGE RUNAWAY STAR PECULIAR VELOCITY 30 KM MINIMUM COMPONENT THE BLUE ANGULAR SEPARATION IOTA LEONIS THE SYSTEM CLOSE TOGETHER ABLE RESOLVE SIGMA LEONIS WOLF 359 RED DWARF EVER AS ONE EMITS ONLY 16 BILLION YEARS PROPER MOTION FLARE STAR UNDERGO MINUTES MAGNETIC ACTIVITY FLARES EMIT GAMMA RAYS ALPHA CENTAURI CENTAURUS OPHIUCHUS STAR TREK FANS RECOGNIZE THE LOCATION THE BATTLE OF WOLF 359 CAPTAIN PICARD OBLITERATE STARFLEET LEAVING BENJAMIN SISKO THE FUTURE DEEP SPACE NINE EPISODE OUTER GLIESE 436 CLOSE OF 10 EXTRASOLAR PLANET GLIESE 436B ANOTHER PLANET CONFIRMED CW LEONIS CARBON STAR EMBEDDED ENVELOPE THE AMERICAN ASTROPHYSICIST ERIC TEAM BLOWING OFF LAYER RICH AMOUNT SOLAR MASSES NOMINAL THE COURSE RANGING RED GIANT STAR TO 11 DAYS MIRA VARIABLE MIRA VARIABLES PULSATING VARIABLE PERIODS LONGER ENVELOPES PLANETARY NEBULAE WHITE DWARFS THE SPECTRUM NEEDS TELESCOPE SEE THE STAR RADIUS NASA INTERMEDIATE SPIRAL GALAXY THE GALAXY CHARLES MESSIER LEO TRIPLET GALAXY GROUP DUST GAS STAR FORMATION DISK RECENT STARBURST IMAGE OF SPIRAL GALAXY CAPTURED SPITZER INFRARED NEARBY GALAXY SURVEY LEGACY PROJECT THE TELESCOPE INFRARED ARRAY CAMERA BE 30 ASTRONOMERS SUSPECT DISTORTED ONGOING GRAVITATIONAL INTERACTIONS NEIGHBORS LANES THE LEO AN ENCOUNTER GRAVITATIONAL INTERACTION CENTRAL MASS CONCENTRATION MOLECULAR ATOMIC MASS OF H MATERIAL FROM ONE SPIRAL ARMS BOLDLY OFFERING IDEAL SPIRAL ALMOST PERFECT CIRCLE GALACTIC CENTRE SPREAD LION FEATURE GOLDEN NUCLEAR ALMOST PROPORTION TAKES BARRED SPIRAL GALAXY THE CENTRAL REGION STARBURST REGION THE CORE DIAMETER FRECH ASTRONOMER PIERRE MCHAIN SUBSEQUEN
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