Hey look! There’s a cat in the sky! Actually, it’s a big cat, a lion of stars named Leo. So how to

find Leo the Lion in the sky

Look up: there you can see Leo the Lion in the sky. That’s because Leo becomes visible in the northern hemisphere late March through May. Leo is a constellation that does kind of suggest a lion. Leo is the fifth sign of the Zodiac and represents those born July 22 to August 22

The easiest way to find Leo is to first find the distinctive Big Dipper.

Use the Big Dipper ‘pointer’ stars. Those are the two stars that define the outer edge of the bowl of the Dipper.

Those two stars, Dubhe and Merak, point to Polaris (the Northern Star).

Follow Dubhe and Merak in the opposite direction, from Merak at the bottom of the bowl, and it’ll lead to Leo. 

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The head of the lion looks like a “sickle” comprised of the stars Regulus, Al Jabbah, and Algieba, together with fainter stars.
Algeiba, Arabic for ‘the lion’s mane,’ is the brightest star in the curve of the sickle.
A triangle of stars forms the lion’s backside. The brightest star is Denebola, which means “tail of the lion.”
Go find Leo the Lion in the sky.