Optical photograph of the constellation of Leo. The bright star towards bottom right is Regulus, a first magnitude star. Above it & to the left is the

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Optical photograph of the constellation of Leo. The bright star towards bottom right is Regulus, a first magnitude star. Above it & to the left is the orange Algieba, or Gamma Leonis, a binary. The bright star at far left is Denebola, or Beta Leonis. 35mm , f/4, Nikkor, Fuji 100, 5 min. exposure, 31 Dec. 1973.

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Photo credit: © JOHN SANFORD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: algieba, alpha, astronomy, beta, constellation, cosmology, denebola, gamma, leo, leonis, regulus, science, star, stars, stellar