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| | Leo Constellation |
 | | The constellation Leo is high in the southern sky during April and is then well positioned for deep sky observing. | | | The apparent Magnitude of the star is 8. | | | The apparent Magnitude of the star is 6.04. |
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http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/Wingmakers/Leo.html
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| | Ole's Astronomy Site: Galaxies in Leo and Leo Minor |
| | The three CCD images of M65, M66 and NGC3628 pasted into a map of the Leo Triplet generated by Skymap Pro. | | | It was the host of the bright type 1a supernova 1998bu which in May 1998 reached a maximum magnitude of 11,9 | | | Please note that the stars between the three galaxies are computer generated and not from an actual image! |
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http://home.planet.nl/~onielsen/ccd/gal-leo.html
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| | Galaxies in Leo Minor - The "Amateur Deep Field" |
| | Nevertheless, it is interesting to see, what's all in the constellation, and to look at deep sky objects through dense star fields. | | | The "Amateur Deep Field" contains all known galaxies in the northern constellation Leo Minor from various catalogues. | | | By the way 153 new objects in the inspected fields were catalogued. |
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http://www.ngcic.org/papers/Lmi.htm
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| | PSIgate - Physical Sciences Information Gateway: Search/Browse Results |
| | It includes: a sky chart, an interactive star chart (Java applet), details of its position in the sky, information on named stars and Messier objects, links to further information, and information on its name. | | | It includes: an interactive star chart (Java applet), details of its position in the sky, information on named stars and links to further information. | | | It includes a sky map, and data (best known stars, deep sky objects, variable stars, double stars). |
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http://www.psigate.ac.uk/roads/cgi-bin/psisearch.pl?term1=Leo&limit=0&subject=All
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| | Leo and Leo Minor, April Constellations |
| | A 3rd star of magnitude 6.0 and also unrelated can be seen father off in binoculars, making this an optical triple. | | | The magnitude 4.1 and 7.0 yellow-white stars lie 78 light years away. | | | This companion is also binary but its faint companion is difficult to see. |
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http://www.faster.co.nz/~rasnz/Stars/Leo.htm
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| | The focus of our efforts this week will be the deep sky objects of Leo Minor. | | | It turns out that I've been missing out on a bunch of fine deep sky objects. | | | This is made up of components of mag4.5 and mag6.5. |
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http://www.utahskies.org/deepsky/constellations/leominor.html
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| | Leo Minor |
| | It isn't even the brightest star of the constellation; 46 LMi has that honour with a magnitude of 3.8. | | | In 2000 the maximum should occur in early September. | | | Beta Leo Minoris is an extremely close binary with an orbit of 39 years: PA 223º, separation 0.4". |
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http://www.dibonsmith.com/lmi_con.htm
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| | Leo Minor (abbr. LMi, gen. Leo Minoris) |
| | Leo Minor has no star designated Alpha and only one that carries a Greek letter name at all – Beta – though this ranks second in brightness to 46 LMi, also known as Praecipua (visual magnitude 3.79, absolute magnitude 1.41, spectral type K0III, distance 98 light-years). | | | It lies between the southern border of Ursa Major (at the rear feet) and the northern border of Leo. |
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http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/L/LMi.html
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| | Leo Minor |
| | It is a binary system with the companion being of magnitude 6.5 and the pair having a period of 38 years. | | | Beta Leo Minor (10h25m +36°59') has a magnitude of 4.5 and is a yellow class G8 star. | | | Kathy Miles, Author, and Chuck Peters, Systems Administrator |
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http://starryskies.com/The_sky/constellations/leo_minor.html
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| | Sea and Sky's Pictures in the Sky: April Constellations |
| | Its brightest star is actually 46 Leonis Minoris with a magnitude of 3.8. | | | With a magnitude of 1.35, Regulus is the 25th brightest star in the sky. | | | Ursa Major is a large constellation that includes what may be the most famous constellation in the sky, the Big Dipper. |
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http://www.seasky.org/pictures/sky7b04.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Order of Friars Minor Conventuals |
| | Since that time, and more especially since 1517, this term has been employed to designate that branch of the Franciscan Order which has accepted dispensations from the substantial observance of the rule in regard to poverty. | | | Father Evangelist Pelleo, elected fifteenth master general in 1587, was the first to take this title, which has been generally accorded to his forty-nine successors even in Apostolic letters, though the ordinance of Leo X was neverally formally revoked. | | | In spite of the fact that a cleavage had been gradually developing between these two branches from at least the middle of the fourteenth century, it was only in 1415 at the Council of Constance that the Church authoritatively recognized this division in the order. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04344a.htm
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| | Search Results for "Leo D..." |
| | Search for books related to your query at Amazon.com: | | | He was probably born in N Syria (rather than in Isauria,... | | | Leo VI, Byzantine emperor, (Leo the Wise or Leo the Philosopher), 862?-912, Byzantine emperor (886-912), son and successor of Basil I. He added to the work of his... |
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http://bartleby.com/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?db=db&query=Leo+D...
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| | Leo Minor |
| | Minor Vocabularies of Tutelo and Saponi (American Language Reprints, 26) | | | Leos Janacek - String Quartet No. 2/Franz Schubert - String Quartet D-minor D.810 "The Death and the Maiden" | | | Authors: Morris Hein, Leo R. Best, and Robert L. Minor |
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http://www.veryhappening.com/things/leo_minor
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| | Records International catalogue October 1998 |
| | Most of his output is for organ, but there are 16 string quartets, mostly unpublished, and most of the rest of his output is also for small chamber ensembles. | | | Leo was one of the most important Neapolitan composers of his day but the vast majority of his work was sacred or for the stage. | | | The Chavez is quite surprisingly classical, using exclusively a harmonic language that would not have raised much inquiry in the mind of his companion on this disc, Mendelssohn. |
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http://www.recordsinternational.com/RICatalogOct98.html
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| | Cosmic Voyage-The Online Resource for Amateur Astronomers |
| | The closest bright star is 5.4 magnitude 42 Leonis Minoris, about 3.5 degrees to the northwest. | | | However, there are some fine celestial treasures in Leo Minor. | | | Leo Minor is often overlooked by galaxy hunters who prefer the richly populated constellations of Leo, Virgo and Canes Venatici. |
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http://members.aol.com/billferris/n3486.html
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| | Leo Minor |
| | No star of the constellation exceeds the magnitude 3,5. | | | Hevelius probably gave this star the name of Praecipua ("principal", in Latin), but such denomination was out of luck. | | | Today the brightest star of Leo Minor is identified with the Flamsteed number: 46 Leonis Minoris. |
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http://www.astrofilitrentini.it/mat/costell/lmi_e.html
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| | Digital Images of the Sky - Constellations |
| | No galactic deep sky objects can be found in the above field, it is far away from the galactic plane. | | | The declination of Leo Minor's boundaries ranges from +23 to +42 degrees. | | | The position is just north of prominent Leo and south of Ursa Major. |
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http://www.allthesky.com/constellations/leominor/main.html
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| | Ursa Minor: Definition and Much More From Answers.com |
| | The Deep Photographic Guide to the Constellations: Ursa Minor | | | The variant of the story, in which it is Boötes that represents Arcas, Ursa Minor was considered to represent a dog. | | | In even earlier times, Ursa Minor was considered to be just seven close stars, and mythologically was regarded, as such, as sisters. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/ursa-minor
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| | Before you can find the other constellations to be discussed |
| | Unless you are at an extremely dark site, you may have trouble picking out the four sixth magnitude stars of Sextans, The Sextant just below Leo’s head. | | | Before you can find the other constellations to be discussed, you must first locate the constellation Leo using the method described under the heading The Big Dipper: Your Key To The Sky. | | | This area contains the fourth magnitude and fainter stars of Cancer, The Crab. |
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http://www.singularsci.com/March2.htm
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| | Leo Minor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Leo Minor does not contain any notable deep sky objects. | | | In contrast to Leo it does not belong to the ancient list of 48 constellations drawn up by Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD, but was instead created by Johannes Hevelius in 1687. | | | Praecipua does not have a Bayer designation, making Leo Minor the only constellation whose brightest star does not have one. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Minor
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| | Leo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Deep Photographic Guide to the Constellations: Leo | | | Leo is also one of the Fixed signs (along with Taurus, Scorpio, and Aquarius). | | | For the same reason the Sphinx is said to have been sculptured with Leo's body and the head of the adjacent Virgo, although Egyptologists maintain that this head represented one of the early kings, or the god Harmachis. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo
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| | Leo Minor |
| | Leo Minor hasn't a lot to offer, but if you are a binary star observer, and in possession of a rather large telescope, then beta Leo Minoris is a recent challenge. | | | Even if you aren't a binary specialist, just knowing where Leo Minor is found is part of knowing the stars. |
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http://www.dibonsmith.com/lmi.htm
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| | MSN Encarta - Search Results - Leo Minor |
| | None of the stars of Leo Minor is brighter than the fourth magnitude. | | | See all search results in Encarta Articles (36) | | | As time passed, the order grew, the only body of equal power being the Dominicans. |
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http://uk.encarta.msn.com/Leo_Minor.html
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| | Leo Minor -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
| | Contains details on the naming of minor planets besides covering information on their positions and discovery. | | | But the Emperor soon developed a distrust of... | | | Discusses the best way to leave property to a minor and how to choose an ideal guardian, and provides answers to typical questions about property distribution and minors. |
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http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9312150?tocId=9312150&query=leo
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| | Canberra Astronomical Society - Southern Cross - April 1998 |
| | I only managed to observe a few of these so I will mostly rely on the entries in Hartung. | | | It should also be noted that, observing from Theodore, Ursa Major and Leo Minor are deeply embedded in the Canberra sky glow and someone observing from the north of Canberra would probably do a lot better. | | | Leo Minor is a far less distinguished constellation formed by Hevelius in 1660. |
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http://msowww.anu.edu.au/cas/southerncross/sc_199804.html
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| | Spring Sky Tour: Leo |
| | In fact at one time that is precisely what those stars were considered to be, before they became a constellation of their own, known as Coma Berenices or "Berenice's Hair". | | | You can e-mail Randy Culp for inquiries, suggestions, new ideas or just to chat. | | | To the left of Leo you might be able to see a wispy collection of faint stars, which could very well be the tuft of the lion's tail. |
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http://my.execpc.com/60/B3/culp/astronomy/Spring/Leo.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Bl. Angelo Carletti di Chivasso |
| | He attended the University of Bologna, where he received the degree of Doctor of Civil and Cannon Law. | | | His virtues and learning soon gained the confidence of his brethren in religion, and he was four times chosen to fill the office of vicar-general of that branch of the order then known as the Cismontane Observance. | | | The latter chose him as their special patron, while his feast is kept on 12 April throughout the order of Friars Minor. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01484a.htm
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| | CONSTELLATION - LoveToKnow Article on CONSTELLATION |
| | In 1690 two posthumous works of Johann Hevelius (1611 1687), the Firmamentum sobiescianum and Prodromus astronomiae, added several new constellations to the list, viz. | | | The names and orientation of the constellations therein adopted are, with but few exceptions, identical with those used at the present day; and as it cannot be doubted that Ptolemy made only very few modifications in the system of Hipparchus, the names were adopted at least three centuries before the Alma gesi was compiled. |
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http://www.1911ency.org/C/CO/CONSTELLATION.htm
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| | Washington Capitals Message Board -> HELP! What Constelations Are Visable From Here?! |
| | So, now that I look at the list, I notice that all of the zodiac constellations are listed as "equitorial." So, I think what they mean by equatorial is "sky" equatorial rather than "earth" equatorial. | | | Leo Major is very user friendly in that regard. | | | If you go out in the evening, look sorta southward (if you pay attention to the path of the sun during the day, it will be along that same line). |
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http://boards.washingtoncaps.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=989
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| | Leo |
| | The Chaldeans associated Leo with the sun since it is in the sky during the summer solstice (although this is no longer true, due to the precession of the Earth's axis). | | | To find Regulus, use the Big Dipper as described on the | | | In more modern times (late 1600's that is!), Johannes Hevelius added the constellation Leo Minor. |
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http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Leo.html
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| | Night Vision |
| | With averted vision, I could see a dust lane going through it, almost bisecting it. | | | These two galaxies are also in Leo and in the same field of view as NGC3686. | | | In fact, it was pretty neat because they were straight in a row. |
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http://www.mindspring.com/~jeffpo/nightvis.htm
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| | The astronomical zodiac is the basis for accurate predictions based on true planetary positions. | | | The minor planets included in this scan are standard or custom. | | | The astrologies in large use in the past aeon were unaware of the very position of the planets, and the Moon. |
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http://www.spunge.org/~ananta/services.txt
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| | Constellation Leo Minor |
| | It glows with a deep red colour making it to a nice telescopic object (as long as the star is at its maximum brightness). | | | A small, dim constellation lying between the southern border of Ursa major (at the rear feet) and the northen border of Leo. |
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http://www.seds.org/Maps/Stars_en/Fig/leominor.html
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| | Wikinfo Leo Minor |
| | Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available. | | | Leo Minor (abbreviation LMi, genitive Leonis Minoris), the lesser Lion, is a minor constellation between Leo and Ursa Major. |
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http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=Leo_Minor
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| | Leo |
| | The sickle-shaped head of Leo, the Lion, is on the right, the triangle that makes his his hindquarters on the left. | | | The ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun, runs just to the south of Regulus. | | | Denebola, which marks the lion's tail, is at lower left; Zosma, on the Lion's back, is up and to the right of Denebola. |
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http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/leo-p.html
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| | Leo Minor, mythology, history, characteristics and observations by telescope. |
| | Next in the following window you can select the constellation that you want to locate, to observe and to discover following with the thematic one of the Web of Masm. | | | The constellation of Leo Minor Minor (the smaller lion) was designed by Jonnanes Hevelius in 1687 to fill up the hollow that occupied the very poor zone in stars between Leon (Leo) and the Great Bear (Ursa Major). | | | Leo Minor, mythology, history, characteristics and observations by telescope. |
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http://www.mallorcaweb.net/masm/LMi1.htm
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| | These are non-stellar objects in Leo Minor than can be seen either with the unaided eye, binoculars, or a medium sized telescope. | | | It is a 0 second exposure on with a lens set at f/0. | | | These are stars in Leo Minor that can be seen with the unaided eye (assuming perfect vision and pristine viewing conditions). |
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http://www.edgenowhere.com/astrogallery/constellations/const.php?name=lmi
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| | Leo Minor concept from the Astronomy knowledge base |
| | Leo Minor concept from the Astronomy knowledge base | | | abstraction > mathematical concept > number > quantity > equatorial sky area > constellation > Leo Minor | | | Next constellation: Lepus Up: constellation Previous constellation: Lacerta |
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http://www.csi.uottawa.ca:4321/astronomy/LeoMinor.html
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| | Leo Minor |
| | Leo Minor is a constellation located at right ascension 10 hours and declination 35 degrees. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/constellations/leo_minor.htm
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| | Space Now |
| | Features of Leo Minor: Leo Minor lies well outside the Milky-way and offers a good look into deep space and shows numerous faint galaxies that can be seen with good telescopes. | | | Description: Leo Minor resides in the gap between Ursa Major and Leo, often referred to as the ‘forepaw’ of the great bear. | | | Many of the stars in Leo Minor are faint and can only be observed with good astronomical equipment. |
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http://www.spacenow.org.uk/index.cfm?code=constell&constellID=32
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| | Leo Minor |
| | 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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http://www.pa.msu.edu/people/horvatin/Astronomy_Facts/constellation_pages/leo_minor.htm
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| | Leo Minor - definition of Leo Minor by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | Leo Minor - definition of Leo Minor by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. | | | A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Leo and Ursa Major. |
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Leo+Minor
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| | Constellation Leo Minor |
| | His catalogue of 1564 stars, Prodromus Astronomiae was published by his wife three years after his death. | | | Leo Minor is one of seven constellations introduced by Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687), a Polish astronomer mostly known for his charts of the lunar surface. | | | It was in this catalogue that he included the seven new constellations: Canes Venatici, Lacerta, Leo Minor, Lynx, Scutum, Sextans, and Vulpecula. |
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http://www.coldwater.k12.mi.us/lms/planetarium/myth/leominor.html
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| | Leo Minor |
| | It gives a generous, noble, peaceable, but fearless nature, with the ability to undertake prominent and responsible positions. | | | This insignificant Northern constellation lies between Ursa Major and Leo. | | | It was introduced in 1687 by the Polish astronomer Johannes Havelius, but has not attracted enthusiasm from celestial cartographers. |
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http://www.winshop.com.au/annew/LeoMinor.html
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| | eSky: Leo Minor |
| | This group of faint stars nestles inconspicuously between its two more prominent companions, Leo and Ursa Major. |
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http://www.glyphweb.com/esky/constellations/leominor.html
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| | Kingdom of Lions: Leo, Lion of the Zodiac |
| | It comprises 77 stars that are visible to the 'unarmed' human eye. | | | The Lion (also Great Lion, Leo major) is one of the constellations of the Zodiac. | | | Between July 21 and August 21 the Sun is in the constellation of Lion. |
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http://home.concepts-ict.nl/~rlion/lkzodiae.htm
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| | The Stellar Guide: Leo Minor |
| | Leo Minor was invented by Johannes Hervelius in 1690. |
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http://www.botproductions.com/stellar/leo_minor.html
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| | The Virtual Corkscrew Museum Planetarium |
| | It was created in the late 17th Century by a Polish astronomer. | | | His mouth is a cap lifter and his tail is a corkscrew. | | | Leo Minor (The Lesser Lion) has no classical mythology associated with it. |
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http://www.bullworks.net/virtual/artgallery/pltleom.htm
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| | Leo Minor |
| | the Little Lion, a northern constellation between Leo and Ursa Major. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0514642.html
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