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Constellation
Leo - The Lion
Object name: Leo
Equatorial: RA: 10h 39m 53s Dec: +16°25'20"(current)
Equatorial 2000: RA: 10h 39m 36s Dec: +16°27'00"
Sky Database: Constellation
Type: Abbreviation: Leo
Bar: Genitive Form: Leonis
Type: Description: The Lion
Remarks: Pronunciation: LEE' oh
Genitive Pronunciation: lee OH' nis
Leo
represents a lion - the King of Beasts. This particular lion
was invulnerable to weapons and terrorized the town of Nemea.
Hercules was given the task of killing
the lion as the first of his twelve labors.
Hercules trapped Leo in his cave and
killed him by choking it to death. He then used the lion's
own claws to skin it and wore the animal's skin as a cloak. The
head of the constellation traces out a distinctive
sickle shape in the sky.
The brightest star in Leo is
Regulus which means little king. The star at the end
of Leo's tail is Denebola which means the lion's tail.
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