Second magnitude Algieba, Arabic for "forehead" of the lion, marks the radiant of the annual Leonid meteor shower. Located in the constellation Leo's mane, this double star is comprised of a pair of ...

This week on Looking Up Hal starts looking ahead to a famous springtime constellation... One of my favorite constellations, Leo the Lion, is back in our night sky. I like Leo for a couple of reasons.

April finds Leo the lion leaping above the eastern horizon at nightfall. Remarkably, this zodiacal formation actually resembles the beast it’s supposed to portray--a rare species in the sky’s largely ...