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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Stuart Clark

Starwatch: Leo the lion dominates the northern hemisphere

Graphic illustration of the night sky showing the Leo constellation

The northern hemisphere’s spring evenings are dominated by the unmistakable outline of Leo, one of the few constellations that resembles the creature it represents, the lion.

Leo is most easily identified by its distinctive “backwards” question mark, referred to by astronomers as the “sickle” asterism and representing the head of the lion.

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