Leo Minor

LEO MINOR
Across the top of the picture are three pairs of stars that represent three feet of Ursa Major (the three gazelle "leaps" of the Arabs), from right to left the third leap made of Talitha (Iota) and Kappa UMa, the second, ...

Leo Minor
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Leo Minor is a small constellation in the northern hemisphere. Its name is Latin for "the smaller lion.

Leo Minor
Abbreviation: LMi
Genitive: Leonis Minoris
Translation: The Lion Cub
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Leo Minor, the little lion:
A modern constellation created around 1687 by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius from stars found between Leo and Ursa Major. There is no mythology concerning this lion, unlike the constellation of Leo.

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The Deep Photographic Guide to the Constellations: Leo Minor
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Leo Minoris
Abbreviation: LMi English name: Smaller Lion Coordinates see Stellar data
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Leo Minor depicted in the Firmamentum Sobiescianum star atlas of Johannes Hevelius, published posthumously in 1690.

Constellations adjoining Leo Minor: Cancer, Leo, Lynx, Ursa Major.
Named stars in Leo and Leo Minor (Greek alphabet) ...

Leo Minor
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Leo Minor (Small Lion)
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Origin of the constellation: 17th century, Hevelius ...

Leo Minor
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Leo Minor (NASA SP-7, 1965) (abbr Lmi, L Min)
See constellation. Leon (NASA SP-7, 1965) International Astronomical Union abbreviation for Leo. See constellation.

Lmi, L Min International Astronomical Union abbreviations for Leo Minor. See constellation. load 1. The device which receives signal power from a source. 2. The signal power delivered by a source. The use of load in sense 2 is discouraged.

Also known as Xi (or Ksi) Ursae Majoris, Alula Australis is derived from the Arabic for "first spring" or leap "south" of the "Gazelle" (whose stars have since been gathered up in Constellation Leo Minor), ...

Wolf 359 (CN Leonis)
Leo Minor (Leonis Minoris) Lepus (Leporis)
Arneb (Alpha Leporis)
Libra (Librae) Lupus (Lupi) Lynx (Lyncis) Lyra (Lyrae) ...

Hydra(water serpent), Hydrus(lesser water snake), Indus(indian), Lacerta(lizard), Leo(lion), Leo Minor(lesser lion), Lepus(hare/rabbit), Libra(the scales), Lupus(wolf), lynx, Lyra(lyre), Mensa(the table mountain), ...

It was John Flamsteed who -- in his own star catalogue published posthumously in 1725 -- popularised Hevelius' new constellations: Canes Venatici, Lacerta, Leo Minor, Lynx, Scutum, Sextans, and Vulpecula.

Johannes Hevelius devised 7 new constellations late in the 17th century, including Lacerta (the Lizard), Leo Minor (the Small Lion) and Scutum (the Shield);
Finally, Nicolas Louis de Lacaille devised 14 southern hemisphern constellations in c.

See also: Constellation, Leo, Constellations, Star, Sky

Topic: Astronomy