Constellation
The constellation Leo Minor
LMi
Leo Minor gathers 22 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Praecipua, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around February.
Leo Minor in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 22
- Brightest star
- Praecipua
- Region of the sky
- Northern sky
- Highest around
- February
- With a proper name
- 1
- Nearest star
- 11 Leonis Minoris
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 3.79
Declination from 23° to 41°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
37 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 Minor
The 22 stars of Leo Minor catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- Praecipua3.79
- Beta Leonis Minoris4.20
- 21 Leonis Minoris4.49
- 10 Leonis Minoris4.54
- 37 Leonis Minoris4.68
- 30 Leonis Minoris4.72
- 41 Leonis Minoris5.08
- 19 Leonis Minoris5.11
- 42 Leonis Minoris5.36
- 20 Leonis Minoris5.37
- 8 Leonis Minoris5.39
- 11 Leonis Minoris5.40
- 23 Leonis Minoris5.49
- 40 Leonis Minoris5.51
- 28 Leonis Minoris5.52
- 34 Leonis Minoris5.57
- 32 Leonis Minoris5.79
- 38 Leonis Minoris5.84
- HIP 498935.86
- 7 Leonis Minoris5.87
- 27 Leonis Minoris5.89
- 33 Leonis Minoris5.90
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.