Leo

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Leo Constellation Starchart
Leo Constellation Starchart

Leo is a constellation representing a lion. The mane is distinctive because it looks like a backwards question mark with the bright star Regulus as the point. The question mark is sometimes called the Sickle which is a sharp handheld tool for cutting grains.

Saturn is currently hanging around here so that your eye is drawn to a triangle including Saturn and Regulus rather than the question mark.

Leo chases the Gemini twins and Orion around the ecliptic.

In 2002, an American computer talkshow host unsuccessfully petitioned the IAU to rename it "Laporte".

External Links

Leo at Wikipedia
Sickle at Wikipedia

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