Joe Rao is Space.com's skywatching columnist, as well as a veteran meteorologist and eclipse chaser who also serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium. He writes about astronomy for Natural History magazine, the Farmers' Almanac and other publications.
Engraving depicting the constellation Leo Minor. Leo Minor is a small and faint constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. Its name is Latin for 'the smaller lion'. Dated 18th century.With the bright moon now out of the evening sky, we are given a chance to observe the felines of the mid-spring sky. We might refer to these as"Cat Nights," although from an official standpoint April is actually the wrong time of year for them.
Unlike most of the constellations in the zodiac, Leo with its Sickle, really can be pictured as its namesake: A lion in a reclining position, not unlike the Egyptian Sphinx. The Babylonians and other cultures of Southwest Asia associated Leo withThe lion most closely associated with this constellation is the Nemean one — the mythological beast which terrorized the Valley of Nemea and was unaffected by ordinary weaponry due to its impenetrable hide.
Although this celestial feline does not exist today, cat fanciers will be consoled by the fact that along with Leo, there are two other members of the cat family that are well situated and close together in the current evening sky: Leo Minor, the Smaller Lion and Lynx.In contrast to Leo, Leo Minor is small and quite faint.
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