Constellation knowledge: Which direction is Leo in the night sky?

We all know Leo well! Leo's overbearing personality, Leo's self-centered constellation and so on. So, do you know which direction Leo is in the night sky? Have you tried looking for it in the night sky? Come to the constellation knowledge to see where Leo is, and then we can recognize it in the starry sky soon.

You may also be interested in the legend of the origin of Leo.

In which direction is Leo in the night sky?

Leo Orientation After we found the beta star of Leo through the Spring Triangle on a spring night, a large number of stars to the east of it were all Leo. Leo can easily observe that in Leo, the delta, theta and beta stars form a remarkable triangle, which is the back and tail of the playful Leo.

These six stars from ε to α form the shape of a sickle, which is also like a reverse question mark. This is the lion's head. You can find it when the Polaris connecting Ursa major, that is, the two stars at the mouth of the spoon, extend in opposite directions to Polaris.

Alpha star is called Xuanyuan XIV in China, and its apparent magnitude is1.35m. It is the brightest star in Leo, and it is the 2nd1in the whole day. It forms an isosceles triangle with arcturus and arcturus, and can be found by extending the δ and γ stars of Ursa Major ten times.

In ancient times, navigators often used it to determine the position of ships in the sea, so Alpha Leo was awarded the title of "one of the nine navigation planets".

Leo position

Latitude changes can be seen between+90 and-65, and the best observation month is April.

Leo is located between Virgo and Cancer, with Ursa major and Leo minor in the north, Ophiuchus, sextant and Grand Duke in the south and the back row in the west.

Leo is a bright constellation, which is easy to recognize in the spring sky.

Among them, Xuanyuan Fourteen (Lion), Xuanyuan Thirteen (Lion), algie Ba (Lion), Xuanyuan Eleven (Lion), Xuanyuan Ten (Lion) and Xuanyuan Nine (Lion) form a sickle (or inverted question mark) structure from south to north, representing the head, neck and mane of the lion.