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Leo Minor

37 stars in Leo Minor can be seen by eye from a dark place. 2 have names of their own. The rest go by a Greek letter, a number, or their place in a catalogue. Here is every one, brightest first.

Its stars

38 in all. The dot shows each star's colour.

  1. PraecipuaSeen away from bright lights, 95 light years
  2. Beta Leonis MinorisSeen away from bright lights, 150 light years
  3. 21 Leonis MinorisSeen away from bright lights, 92 light years
  4. 10 Leonis MinorisSeen away from bright lights, 180 light years
  5. 37 Leonis MinorisSeen away from bright lights, 580 light years
  6. 30 Leonis MinorisSeen away from bright lights, 230 light years
  7. 41 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 230 light years
  8. 19 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 92 light years
  9. 42 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 380 light years
  10. 20 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 49 light years
  11. 8 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 480 light years
  12. 11 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 37 light years
  13. 23 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 260 light years
  14. 40 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 160 light years
  15. 28 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 420 light years
  16. 34 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 680 light years
  17. 32 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 750 light years
  18. 38 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 170 light years
  19. HIP 49893Just seen from a dark place, 640 light years
  20. 7 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 500 light years
  21. 27 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 240 light years
  22. 33 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 250 light years
  23. HIP 52366Just seen from a dark place, 810 light years
  24. 44 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 280 light years
  25. 13 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 170 light years
  26. 43 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 590 light years
  27. 48 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 390 light years
  28. 9 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 490 light years
  29. HIP 49658Just seen from a dark place, 200 light years
  30. 35 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 160 light years
  31. HIP 49870Just seen from a dark place, 630 light years
  32. 50 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 260 light years
  33. HIP 50904Just seen from a dark place, 370 light years
  34. 36 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 1,400 light years
  35. 24 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 110 light years
  36. 22 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 660 light years
  37. 29 Leonis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 410 light years
  38. IllyrianNeeds a telescope, 410 light years

Where this comes from

The stars and their measurements are from the HYG star database, version 4.4, by David Nash, shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. Which constellation a star belongs to follows the boundaries drawn by the International Astronomical Union, as that database gives them. To see what is up tonight, open the sky map.