Denebola
The tail of Leo the lion, a white star at the eastern end of the constellation.
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What it is
- Brightness
- Magnitude 2.14, the 64th brightest star in the night sky
- Distance
- 36 light years
- Kind of star
- White main-sequence star, spectral type A3 V
- Light it gives out
- About 15 times the Sun’s, in visible light
- Constellation
- Leo, where it is β Leonis
- Catalogue number
- HIP 57632
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Near it in the sky
- Virgo AA galaxy in Virgo, about a fist away.
- Coma Star ClusterAn open cluster in Coma Berenices, about a fist away.
- Black Eye GalaxyA galaxy in Coma Berenices, about a hand span away.
- RegulusA blue-white main-sequence star in Leo, about a hand span away.
- Sombrero GalaxyA galaxy in Virgo, about a hand span away.