The Dome Store

Dome News


Constellation List

Star List

 By Season

Alphabetical





Webster's Dictionary:



 

Latitudes

Minneapolis, MN (45°N)

NorthPole (90°N)

Prudhoe Bay, AK (70°N)

St.Petersburg,
Russia(60°N)

Prague, C.R. (50°N)

Philadelphia, PA (40°N)

Albuquerque, NM (35°N)

New Orleans, LA (30°N)

Santiago, Cuba (20°N)

Caracas,
Venezuela (10°N)

Quito, Ecuador (0°N)

Port Moresby,
New Guinea(10°S)

Porto Alegre,
Brazil (30°S)

Montevideo,
Uruguay(35°S)

Queenstown, NZ (45°S)

South Pole (90°S)

Bibliography and Credits

 		   

 
 

Leo Minor

The Lesser Lion

Leo Minor Constellation

Origin of the Constellation

Leo Minor is a modern constellation created by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687. There is no classical mythology associated with the figure. The constellation contains no star brighter than the fourth magnitude.  
  


Copyright © 1998 - 2006 by Arnold V. Lesikar,
Professor Emeritus
Dept. of Physics, Astronomy, and Engineering Science,
St. Cloud State University,St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498

Feedback to: lesikar AT astound.net