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STAR OF THE MONTH
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
|February 2026
Rasalas, Leo the Lion's metal-rich crown
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The constellation of Leo, the Lion marches proudly across the winter night sky, sitting highest when due south, close to midnight during February.
Leo's head is well defined by a classic asterism known as the Sickle. It looks like a backwards question mark, the 'dot' of which is bright Regulus (Alpha (a) Leonis). But at the other end, marking the top of Leo's head, is mag. +3.9 Rasalas (Mu (p) Leonis).
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