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Its story

15 Leonis is a white A-type star lying some one hundred and sixty light-years away, in a constellation that in spring clearly traces the figure of the Lion. Its clean, serene light departed in the late nineteenth century, when astronomers were beginning to classify the stellar spectrum methodically. It stands as a discreet point among the many that compose the feline silhouette, faithful to its brightness for millennia.