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Leo Minor Constellation
Leo Minor is a constellation that you can see in the northern hemisphere sky, but it depends on your location and time of the year. The light from the Sun prevents the stars from appearing during the day, so you will need specialised equipment to study them. There are 88 constellations, of which 29 can be found in the southern hemisphere.
Leo Minor is a Latin phrase; the English meaning/translation is the small lion. Leo Minor's pronunciation is Lee-o Mine-nore. The genitive form is Leonis Minoris, which means any object with Leonis Minoris at the end of its name infers a relationship to the constellation. Typically, the thing is within the constellation's boundaries or was once until it (the borders) was redrawn. Leo Minor can be shortened or abbreviated to LMi. Leo Minor is a modern constellation rather than one created by Claudius Ptolemy, such as Aquarius, Leo and Taurus.
Leo Minor (Constellation) takes up 231.956 sq. degrees of the night sky, equating to 0.56% of the night sky. Leo Minor is the 64th largest constellation in the night sky.
Two Extrasolar Planets in the Leo Minor constellation are detailed on this site. There is a dedicated page for exoplanets in Leo Minor.
Charles Messier didn't catalogue any deep-space objects in the Leo Minor constellation.
The following constellations border Leo Minor:-
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Leo Minor Stars
Leo Minor has four stars that make up the constellation's shape. The Hipparcos satellite scanned and detailed six hundred and seven stars. You can see thirty-nine stars within the Leo Minor constellation borders with the naked eye on a clear night sky.
11 Leonis Minoris is Leo Minor's nearest star, about 37.08 light-years from the Earth. The nearest star in Leo Minor to the Earth with an exoplanet is HD 87883, about 59.38 light-years away.
Praecipua
Leo Minor's brightest star is Praecipua, about 94.87 light-years from the Sun. There is no star in Leo Minor constellation with an Alpha Bayer Designation, there is only Beta Leonis Minoris and that is the second brightest star in Leo Minor. Praecipua has an apparent magnitude of 3.79 but an absolute magnitude of 1.47. The difference between the magnitudes is that absolute magnitude is the object from 10 Parsecs or 32.6 light-years away from the observer, whereas apparent is from Earth.
Leo Minor Mythology
Leo Minor constellation was created by Johannes Hevelius around 1687 and is recognised by the International Astronomical Union. It is located above Leo and below Ursa Major hence its name.
Zodiac
Leo Minor is not a member of the Zodiac group of twelve constellations that appear when the Sun sets. The Zodiac constellations are the ones astrologers use to predict a person's future based on their birth date.
Leo Minor Constellation Distance From Earth
You cannot just go to one location and arrive in the Leo Minor constellation, and this is because it is made up of stars at different positions and distances. The nearest main star (21 Leonis Minoris) in the constellation is at a distance of 92.11 light-years, and the furthest main star is 10 Leonis Minoris, at a distance of 185.00 light-years. The average distance to the major stars is 131.48 light years. Main stars refer to the stars that make up the constellation outline.
Because of the distances of objects, we see how they looked in the past. To know how far back we are looking, take the amount and remove the word "Light", and you will get an idea of how long ago they looked like that. By now, the object may look different.
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