Arabic star names / Algieba
Algieba
الجبهة
Algieba comes from the Arabic الجبهة (al-Jabha), which means “the forehead”. It is the 51st-brightest star in the sky, in Leo.
- Brightness
- 2.01
- Colour
- orange
- Constellation
- Leo
- Best seen
- April evenings
- Right ascension
- 10h 20m
- Declination
- +19° 51′
The name
The forehead of the lion. A small telescope splits it into two golden stars.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere north of 70°S. From Riyadh it climbs to 85° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 58° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 36° above the horizon.
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