Denebola

Vis. about 15 L ☉

Denebola or β Leonis is characterized by an apparent brightness of 2.14 may be the third brightest star in the constellation Leo. He belongs to the spectral class A3V and is 36 light years away. The star is surrounded by a disk of dust. There are no detected companion of Beta Leonis; the WDS performs three components with angular distances between 40 " and 240 " on.

The name comes from the Arabic Denebola and is an abbreviation of ذنب الاسد ðanab al - asad, which means as much as the tail of the lion.

Components

Denebola is in accordance with the " Catalog of Components of Double & Multiple stars" a quadruple system.

The quadruple system consists of:

Declination Color index Delta Scuti variable Astrometry Radial velocity Light-year Intrinsic brightness Proper motion Durchmusterung Bright Star Catalogue Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog Minute of arc#Symbols and abbreviations Digital Object Identifier
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