Leo Minor

Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann

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star chart

Leo Minor star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).

One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation was invented by Hevelius (1687).

Etymology and History

Leo Minor depicted in Hevelius (1687).

Leo Minor described in Hevelius (1687).

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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  Leo Minor in Hevelius's defining map (1687)
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  Leo Minor and Lynx in Bode (1782, 1805)

References

• References (general)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)