Hevelius’s depiction of Leo Minor
Leo Minor depicted in the Firmamentum Sobiescianum star atlas of Johannes Hevelius, published posthumously in 1690. He said in the introduction to the atlas that he wanted to place an animal here with the same ferocious nature as the bear (Ursa Major) to the north of it and the lion (here termed Leo Major) to the south. In this depiction the lion faces the opposite way from that seen in the sky, because Hevelius drew his constellations as they would be seen on a celestial globe.
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