Denebola
White main-sequence star · Beta Leonis
Marks the tail of Leo the Lion
A young, rapidly rotating white star marking the tail of Leo, its name derives from the Arabic for "tail of the lion." It is a Delta Scuti pulsating variable and is surrounded by a disk of dust suggesting a debris system.
Illustration generated from temperature, not a photograph
1.8 ☉
mass (the Sun = 1)
15 ×
as bright as the Sun
8,720 K
surface · white star
2 R☉
radius (the Sun = 1)
36 ly
from Earth
2.1
apparent magnitude
It pours out about 15 times the Sun’s light. Its light has been travelling 36 years to reach us, so you see Denebola as it was 36 years ago.
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It lives in
Milky Way
Barred spiral galaxy.
Other notable stars in Milky Way
Eta CarinaeLuminous blue variableAlnilamBlue supergiantVY Canis MajorisRed hypergiantAlnitakHot blue supergiantDenebBlue-white supergiantMintakaHot blue giant multiple star
Stars of similar brightness
FomalhautWhite main-sequence star17 ×AltairWhite main-sequence star11 ×RasalhagueWhite giant (rapid rotator)31 ×ProcyonYellow-white subgiant6.9 ×MizarBlue-white multiple star33 ×VegaBlue-white main-sequence star40 ×
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