Arabic star names / Denebola
Denebola
ذنب الأسد
Denebola comes from the Arabic ذنب الأسد (Dhanab al-Asad), which means “the lion's tail”. It is the 63rd-brightest star in the sky, in Leo.
- Brightness
- 2.14
- Colour
- white
- Constellation
- Leo
- Best seen
- May evenings
- Right ascension
- 11h 49m
- Declination
- +14° 34′
The name
The tip of Leo's tail, opposite Regulus at the lion's heart.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere north of 75°S. From Riyadh it climbs to 80° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 53° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 42° above the horizon.
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