Image:Leo constellation map.png

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en: This is a celestial map of the constellation Leo, the Lion.

Copyright © 2003 Torsten Bronger.

It was created by Torsten Bronger using the program PP3 on 2003/08/18. At PP3's homepage, you also get the input scripts necessary for re-compiling the map.

The yellow dashed lines are constellation boundaries, the red dashed line is the ecliptic, and the shades of blue show Milky Way areas of different brightness. The map contains all Messier objects, except for colliding ones. The underlying database contains all stars brighter than 6.5. All coordinates refer to equinox 2000.0.

The map is calculated with the equidistant azimuthal projection (the zenith being in the centre of the image). The north pole is to the top. The (horizontal) lines of equal declination are drawn for 0°, ±10°, ±20° etc. The lines of equal rectascension are drawn for all 24 hours. Towards the rim there is a very slight magnification (and distortion).


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  1. (cur) 04:34, August 11, 2003 . . Bronger (Talk) . . 427x332 (12166 bytes) (Corrected Wolf 359 position)
  2. (del) (rev) 05:02, March 27, 2003 . . Bronger (Talk) . . 427x332 (17508 bytes) (Restored old version)
  3. (del) (rev) 04:45, March 2, 2003 . . Maveric149 (Talk) . . 300x233 (34379 bytes) (resized to 300px width)
  4. (del) (rev) 04:52, February 18, 2003 . . Bronger (Talk) . . 427x332 (17508 bytes) (Latin names)
  5. (del) (rev) 06:14, February 15, 2003 . . Bronger (Talk) . . 427x332 (17519 bytes) (Fixed "Big Bear" label)
  6. (del) (rev) 19:08, February 14, 2003 . . Bronger (Talk) . . 427x332 (17532 bytes) (Constellation map of the lion)
  7. (del) (rev) 15:42, February 12, 2003 . . Bronger (Talk) . . 400x311 (16247 bytes) (Celestial map of Leo)

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