leo (constellation)

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Leo (the Lion) is a zodiac constellation located in the Northern celestial hemisphere, between Cancer to the west and Virgo to the east. Its brightest star is Regulus, which is part of the Spring Triangle.

Leo resembles a stick figure of an animal and can be easily recognized by its sickle-shaped head, called the Sickle asterism. A small constellation called Leo Minor (the smaller lion) lies just above it.

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