end of the constellation to Regulus. It is a blue-white star of magnitude 2.23, 36 light-years from Earth. The name Denebola means "the lion's tail". Algieba...

Greek: Λέων, romanized: Léōn, Latin for "lion") is the fifth sign of the zodiac. It corresponds to the constellation Leo and comes after Cancer and before...

constellation, but drawn together with Centaurus. In some manuscripts of Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars and celestial globes, it was drawn as a lion;...

A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal...

contemporary astronomy, 88 constellations are recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Each constellation is a region of the sky bordered...

land against enemies, but was also invoked for good luck. The constellation Leo the lion was first recognised by the Sumerians around 4,000 years ago and...

celestial hemisphere. It is one of the 88 modern constellations; it was among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy. It is...

Former constellations are old historical Western constellations that for various reasons are no longer widely recognised or are not officially recognised...

among the constellations (although there are two lions and a lynx). It was between the constellations of Antlia and Hydra. This constellation was first...

that it meant "the two forepaws" literally and invented the enlarged Lion constellation.[citation needed] Chaucer, Geoffrey; Mā Shā' Allah, al-Miṡrī (1872)...