Talk:Leo (constellation)
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[edit] Arabic star names
An anonymous editor has made some changes by adding the definite article "al-" to many of the transliterations of stars with Arabic proper names ("Al-Rās al-Āsad al-Šamālii", e.g.), but he didn't add it to the Arabic:
- رأس الأسد الشمالي
Shouldn't that instead be changed to:
- الرأس الأسدالشمالي
If anyone here knows? (My understanding of Arabic is very rudimentary.) --Kbh3rdtalk 21:50, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
I think the image of leo, done in 1690 is mirror image of reality.
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[edit] Changing the Name
This constellation should be changed to Leo Major (Great Lion) because there is the constellation of Leo Minor (Little Lion) and the name of two constellations is Leo (Lion) like Ursa Major (Great Bear) and Ursa Minor (Little Bear) is Ursa (Bear) and Canis Major (Great Dog) and Canis Minor (Little Dog) is Canis (Dog). Cosmium 22:54, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
- No it shouldn't. The name of this constellation is Leo, not Leo Major no matter how the other constellations are named. This is because Leo Minor is a modern constellation and very inconspicuous one. The other "Minor" constellations were created in antiquity and are much more prominent.--JyriL talk 00:07, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
- The Official name of this constellation by IAU is Leo, not Leo Major. But "Leo major" found on the plate VI (chiefly Ursa Major) in Bode's great star atlas Uranographia (1801).--Bay Flam 07:01, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Leo (constellation) Etymology
The section on Etymology says that Dionysus/Bacchus is always portrayed with a lion. In my experience the god is usually accompanied by a leopard, may wear the skin of a panther, and is also associated with the bull, the serpent, and even the tiger. As the article points out under Mythology it is Heracles/Hercules who slew the Nemean lion, later put into the heavens as the constellation. Jim Lacey 19:57, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
