Leo star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).
One of the 88 IAU constellations with Greco-Roman background. It has been developed from a Babylonian predecessor
Etymology and History
The Greek constellation ...
Kugel Globe: Cancer, Leo, Hydra, Virgo (drawing by SMH 2024)
Origin of Constellation
Leo and Virgo above the MUŠ-Dragon, two claytablet drawings from the Seleucid era (roughly 2nd century BCE), CC BY SMH based upon the drawings by E. Weidner (1967) and Thureau-Dangin (1922).
Babylonian
Greco-Roman
Aratos
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
Geminos
Almagest
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Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation
Mythology
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