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Although the claim that the symbol for Leo derived from a corruption of the Greek letter lambda had a source, Egyptian Planetary Texts by O. Neugebauer, in the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Ser., Vol. 32, No. 2. (Jan., 1942), pp. 245-6 argues against this identification. The details are messy and well beyond the scope of the article. Micah.t.ross ( talk) 11:52, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
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:
Shouldn't that instead be changed to:
If anyone here knows? (My understanding of Arabic is very rudimentary.) -- Kbh3rd talk 21:50, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
I think the image of leo, done in 1690 is mirror image of reality.
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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)
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)
This presents itself as a natural sciences article. There is a separate article for the astrological sign Leo. IMHO it is inappropriate to include mythology in this article. It ought to deal with facts and historical references, not myths and cosmologies. If others feel it is appropriate to present both astrology and astronomy in the same article, then the two articles should be combined. Lmonteros ( talk) 04:40, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps there was more content at one point, but it now appears to be a pretty weak article. I grade it at a Start class. The article appears to fail 2b and 3a. There is no mention of importance of constellation to Chaldeans or Egyptians. [1] Compare also to 1911 encyclopedia entry, for example.— RJH ( talk) 20:49, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
What does a reader interested in the constellation Leo really gain from all of the general references now residing at the bottom of this article? The list is great for those interested in researching constellations in general, but not so much for checking up on this article's content, nor for reading further about this specific constellation. Perhaps the list would be more use if located at Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy/Constellations Task Force? Mike Peel ( talk) 21:26, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
The reference section may be outstanding, but it interferes with legibility. I left the 'constellation' article alone; I'm not sure it's appropriate there either though. Where would be a good place for such info? Wikisource? We could link it from the 'constellation' article, or maybe from the constellation template, so that it's available but out of the way. kwami ( talk) 07:32, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
It says "best visible on the month of April". That is for the northern hemisphere or for the Ecuador line, or what? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.90.224.232 ( talk) 18:59, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
The section History and mythology are cut-n-pastes from Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning by Richard Hinckley Allen, which is public domain. While copyright is then not a problem, Allen have been heavily by f.ex. Gary D. Thompson criticised for using bad sources, and not being able to check them. We should shrinkwrap the two first paras of the section, and try to find other sources and rewrite. ... said: Rursus ( mbork³) 12:52, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
Here it says Iota Leonis is divisible in a telescope, the Iota Leonis stub says they are not. Which is correct? 184.60.225.4 ( talk) 02:57, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
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This section is interesting up to the point where it wanders off into this: "The zodiac sign Leo creatively redrawn fits astonishingly to the chalk lines of the galloping White Horse of Uffington." This bit seems to be more about coins than constellations.
Who deleted this very interesting stuff about the horse of Uffington and the link to this better lion image in the constellation. This is highly interesting information and very much needs to be here. This is not about coins this is about how cultures in the past saw the Leo constellation. How can somebody just go and delete so much information without recognising the relevance of this information as scientific research on the Leo constellation?
I didn't see you answered. I had already put one short line back in about the computer simulated lion image and one about the white horse. Both are in my opinion worth to be noticed. I would also notice the coin even if it is just a short notion, or at least link to it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.135.74.174 ( talk) 17:54, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
Here a link to a fascinationg article. I think this link should be in the Leo constellation article under visualisations.
clear realistic lion image in the leo constellation. The interesting image is at the end of the article.
Hey ASTROLYNKS
I don't know who you are or what knowledge you have. but I emailed a Dr. of the Astronomy Department at Berkeley University California to review the Lion constellation image that I linked to. And he emailed me regarding the image: "[...] [This] lion looks much more interesting than the versions of Leo that are usually drawn." He told me what would be to look for to ensure that the image can be seen in this way. And I corrected the image according to his views. So as long as you are not of the same astronomical knowledge as a Dr. for astronomy on Berkeley University you will not take this knowledge of of Wikipedia. This is not your page. It belongs to the people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:CA:4BCD:1801:3570:13F5:65E9:55F0 ( talk) 10:46, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
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Eta Leonis is my favorite star in the constellation, but it is not mentioned in the Stars section toward the beginning of the article. 199.127.199.38 ( talk) 15:23, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
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Although the claim that the symbol for Leo derived from a corruption of the Greek letter lambda had a source, Egyptian Planetary Texts by O. Neugebauer, in the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Ser., Vol. 32, No. 2. (Jan., 1942), pp. 245-6 argues against this identification. The details are messy and well beyond the scope of the article. Micah.t.ross ( talk) 11:52, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
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:
Shouldn't that instead be changed to:
If anyone here knows? (My understanding of Arabic is very rudimentary.) -- Kbh3rd talk 21:50, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
I think the image of leo, done in 1690 is mirror image of reality.
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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)
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)
This presents itself as a natural sciences article. There is a separate article for the astrological sign Leo. IMHO it is inappropriate to include mythology in this article. It ought to deal with facts and historical references, not myths and cosmologies. If others feel it is appropriate to present both astrology and astronomy in the same article, then the two articles should be combined. Lmonteros ( talk) 04:40, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps there was more content at one point, but it now appears to be a pretty weak article. I grade it at a Start class. The article appears to fail 2b and 3a. There is no mention of importance of constellation to Chaldeans or Egyptians. [1] Compare also to 1911 encyclopedia entry, for example.— RJH ( talk) 20:49, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
What does a reader interested in the constellation Leo really gain from all of the general references now residing at the bottom of this article? The list is great for those interested in researching constellations in general, but not so much for checking up on this article's content, nor for reading further about this specific constellation. Perhaps the list would be more use if located at Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy/Constellations Task Force? Mike Peel ( talk) 21:26, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
The reference section may be outstanding, but it interferes with legibility. I left the 'constellation' article alone; I'm not sure it's appropriate there either though. Where would be a good place for such info? Wikisource? We could link it from the 'constellation' article, or maybe from the constellation template, so that it's available but out of the way. kwami ( talk) 07:32, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
It says "best visible on the month of April". That is for the northern hemisphere or for the Ecuador line, or what? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.90.224.232 ( talk) 18:59, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
The section History and mythology are cut-n-pastes from Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning by Richard Hinckley Allen, which is public domain. While copyright is then not a problem, Allen have been heavily by f.ex. Gary D. Thompson criticised for using bad sources, and not being able to check them. We should shrinkwrap the two first paras of the section, and try to find other sources and rewrite. ... said: Rursus ( mbork³) 12:52, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
Here it says Iota Leonis is divisible in a telescope, the Iota Leonis stub says they are not. Which is correct? 184.60.225.4 ( talk) 02:57, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
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This section is interesting up to the point where it wanders off into this: "The zodiac sign Leo creatively redrawn fits astonishingly to the chalk lines of the galloping White Horse of Uffington." This bit seems to be more about coins than constellations.
Who deleted this very interesting stuff about the horse of Uffington and the link to this better lion image in the constellation. This is highly interesting information and very much needs to be here. This is not about coins this is about how cultures in the past saw the Leo constellation. How can somebody just go and delete so much information without recognising the relevance of this information as scientific research on the Leo constellation?
I didn't see you answered. I had already put one short line back in about the computer simulated lion image and one about the white horse. Both are in my opinion worth to be noticed. I would also notice the coin even if it is just a short notion, or at least link to it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.135.74.174 ( talk) 17:54, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
Here a link to a fascinationg article. I think this link should be in the Leo constellation article under visualisations.
clear realistic lion image in the leo constellation. The interesting image is at the end of the article.
Hey ASTROLYNKS
I don't know who you are or what knowledge you have. but I emailed a Dr. of the Astronomy Department at Berkeley University California to review the Lion constellation image that I linked to. And he emailed me regarding the image: "[...] [This] lion looks much more interesting than the versions of Leo that are usually drawn." He told me what would be to look for to ensure that the image can be seen in this way. And I corrected the image according to his views. So as long as you are not of the same astronomical knowledge as a Dr. for astronomy on Berkeley University you will not take this knowledge of of Wikipedia. This is not your page. It belongs to the people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:CA:4BCD:1801:3570:13F5:65E9:55F0 ( talk) 10:46, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
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Eta Leonis is my favorite star in the constellation, but it is not mentioned in the Stars section toward the beginning of the article. 199.127.199.38 ( talk) 15:23, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
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