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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5032. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Individual Stellar Objects

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The star α Leonis, apparent magnitude 1.36, a blue-white main sequence star of spectral type B7V. Its name, meaning `Little King', was given by Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), marking the fact that it had been regarded as one of the leading stars in the sky for some 2000 years. It was one of the four `Royal Stars' of the Persians, c. 3000 BC, who called it Venant, later Miyan (`the Center'); it ...

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