Leo Minor – Derekscope

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Abbreviation: LMi

English Name: The Little Lion

Genitive: Praecipua (46 Leonis Minoris)

Hemisphere: Northern Hemisphere

Location: Between the constellations of Ursa Major and Leo.

Visible between latitudes: +90 and -35 degrees

Best season: Spring

Seen in three seasons: Winter, Spring and Summer

Best seen in: April (map)

Seen between: January and June

Right Ascension (RA): 10 hour

Declination (DEC): +35 degrees

Area (square degrees): 232 square degrees (64th)

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Leo Minor (The Small Lion)

Leo Minor is a faint constellation, sometimes its called The Little Lion.
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It has no star above magnitude +3.8, the brightest star is Praecipua (46 Leonis Minoris)
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It contains little interest to the small telescope owners.

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Messier Objects in Leo Minor

No Messier objects in Leo Minor.

More objects in Leo Minor

Features of Interest

NGC 3158 – Galaxy Group; Opening V-shaped asterism because in the centre of NGC 3158 – it’s not that faint though; it has a magnitude +11.9, has numerous surrounding very small galaxies, showing other similar nearby objects (between magnitude +13.3 and magnitude +15.4 that request to be seen with a large telescope); all objects NGC 3160, NGC 3159, NGC3152, NGC3161, NGC 3179, NGC 3163, NGC 3151, NGC 3150, and NGC 3219.

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Named Stars

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Planetarium / Constellation Map

Live constellation visible
from the UK :- Planetarium (Leo Minor)

Best Seen in:
April (map)

Seen between:
January and June

IAU Sky Chart: Leo Minor

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Constellations – Visible from the UK

(50 constellations above are visible from the United Kingdom.)

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Parts visible from the UK

(11 constellations above are partially visible from the United Kingdom.)

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Constellations: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
…..– never seen from the UK

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