Algieba

Its story

Algieba marks the mane of the celestial lion, an orange giant blazing 130 light-years away. Its name comes from the Arabic «al-jabha», 'the forehead', though medieval translators placed it on the mane by mistake — and there it has stayed. Through a small telescope it reveals itself as a striking system: two golden suns locked in a slow waltz no naked eye can untangle.