THE FRIENDLY STARS
would seem to an observer on the earth to almost touch each other. But at this time the light of Regulus is lost in the sun's rays, and we do not see this interesting meeting.
Another interesting star in Leo, though not of the first magnitude, is Denebola. It marks the tuft at the end of the Lion's tail, and its name means "the Tail of the Lion." It lies about twenty-five degrees east of Regulus and a very little to the north of it. It is the brightest star in a small triangle which a glance towards the region indicated will reveal.
Within the curve of the blade of the Sickle is the point from which the meteors that come along in the middle of November seem to radiate. They are on this account called "Leonids."
