Regulus Alpha
Denebola Beta
Zosma Delta
Algeiba Gama1
Ras Elased Australis Epsilon
Chort Theta
Adhafera Zeta
Subra Omicron
Ras Elased Borealis Myu
Alterf LambdaWhat are the names of the stars in the constellation?Leo contains many bright stars, such as Regulus (伪 Leonis); the lion's tail, Denebola (尾 Leonis); and 纬1 Leonis (Algieba). Many other fainter stars have been named as well, such as 未 Leo (Zosma), 胃 Leo (Chort), 魏 Leo (Al Minliar al Asad ), 位 Leo (Alterf), and 慰 Leo (Subra).
Regulus, Al Jabbah, and Algieba, together with the fainter stars 味 Leo (Adhafera), 渭 Leo (Ras Elased Borealis), and 蔚 Leo (Ras Elased Australis), make up the asterism known as the Sickle. These stars represent the head and the mane of the lion.
The star Wolf 359, one of the nearest stars to Earth (7.78 light-years), is in Leo. Gliese 436, a faint star in Leo about 33 light years away from the Sun, is orbited by a transiting Neptune-mass extrasolar planet.[1]
The carbon star CW Leo (IRC +10216) is the brightest star in the night sky at the infrared N-band (10 渭m wavelength).
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