Leo Minor LMi
Leo Minor is one of the 88 constellations, covering 232 square degrees of the sky (64th largest). It is highest at midnight in February and best in the evening sky in March and April.
1 of its best-known object has a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | LMi |
|---|---|
| Size | 232 square degrees (64th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 10h 21m, +33° |
| Highest at midnight | February (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: March and April) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 77° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 73°. |
| Pages here | 1 object |
Black holes, pulsars and other extreme objects
1Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 3344 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10 | 6.7′ |
| NGC 3486 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.6 | 5.8′ |
| NGC 3245 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.8 | 3.6′ |
| NGC 2859 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.9 | 3.2′ |
| NGC 3414 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.1 | 2.7′ |
| NGC 3432 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.3 | 7.4′ |
| NGC 3277 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 2.1′ |
| NGC 3254 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 2.3′ |
| NGC 3294 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 3.1′ |
| NGC 3003 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.8 | 4.7′ |
| NGC 3430 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.8 | 4′ |
| NGC 3158 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.9 | 2.3′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits