Constellations · Constellation · Leonis Minoris · LMi
Constellation
Leo Minor
The little lion, a faint triangle of stars under the Great Bear, added by Hevelius in 1687.
- Genitive
- Leonis Minoris
- Area
- 232 square degrees · 64th of 88
- Brightest star
- Praecipua · magnitude 3.79
- Naked-eye stars
- 37 brighter than magnitude 6.5
- Highest at midnight
- late February
Did you know
Hevelius never lettered its stars; when Francis Baily did so later he gave a beta, but forgot to name any star alpha. Praecipua, its brightest, is 46 LMi.