Constellation
The constellation Leo
Leo
Leo gathers 80 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Regulus, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around March.
Leo in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 80
- Brightest star
- Regulus
- Region of the sky
- Northern sky
- Highest around
- March
- With a proper name
- 10
- Nearest star
- Denebola
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 1.36
Declination from -4° to 31°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
36 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Leo
The 80 stars of Leo catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- RegulusAlpha Leonis1.36
- AlgiebaGamma 1 Leonis2.01
- DenebolaBeta Leonis2.14
- ZosmaDelta Leonis2.56
- Ras Elased AustralisEpsilon Leonis2.97
- ChertanTheta Leonis3.33
- AdhaferaZeta Leonis3.43
- Eta Leonis3.48
- SubraOmicron Leonis3.52
- Rho Leonis3.84
- RasalasMu Leonis3.88
- Iota Leonis4.00
- Sigma Leonis4.05
- 54 Leonis4.30
- Upsilon Leonis4.30
- AlterfLambda Leonis4.32
- 31 Leonis4.39
- 60 Leonis4.42
- Phi Leonis4.45
- Kappa Leonis4.47
- 93 Leonis4.50
- 72 Leonis4.56
- Chi Leonis4.62
- Pi Leonis4.68
- 61 Leonis4.73
- 87 Leonis4.77
- 40 Leonis4.78
- 58 Leonis4.84
- Tau Leonis4.95
- 59 Leonis4.98
- Xi Leonis4.99
- 10 Leonis5.00
- 6 Leonis5.07
- 48 Leonis5.07
- 75 Leonis5.18
- Nu Leonis5.26
- 92 Leonis5.26
- 22 Leonis5.29
- 73 Leonis5.31
- 53 Leonis5.32
- Psi Leonis5.36
- 79 Leonis5.39
- Omega Leonis5.40
- 69 Leonis5.40
- 37 Leonis5.42
- 46 Leonis5.43
- HIP 532735.45
- 52 Leonis5.49
- 51 Leonis5.50
- 65 Leonis5.52
- 95 Leonis5.53
- 86 Leonis5.54
- HIP 471685.57
- 81 Leonis5.58
- 44 Leonis5.61
- 15 Leonis5.64
- 18 Leonis5.67
- 49 Leonis5.67
- HIP 492205.68
- 67 Leonis5.70
- 3 Leonis5.72
- 8 Leonis5.73
- 85 Leonis5.74
- HIP 489825.75
- 89 Leonis5.76
- HIP 548635.79
- HIP 479435.80
- HIP 557165.80
- HIP 566015.80
- 39 Leonis5.81
- HIP 503365.84
- HIP 487345.85
- HIP 475445.90
- 76 Leonis5.90
- HIP 576065.90
- 55 Leonis5.91
- 56 Leonis5.91
- 35 Leonis5.95
- 62 Leonis5.95
- 90 Leonis5.95
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.