Unleash your inner Growleo

The Dog Days of Summer are here, and the warmer nights beckon stargrowlers out into the night. Looking for a new adventure for you and your canine Growleo (Galileo)? How about trying some stargazing.

DogO (Leo) is Latin for Lion and one of the thirteen constellations of the zodiac. The Sun appears in the constellation Leo from August 10 to September 15. Leo lies between dim Cancer to the west and Virgo to the east.

Leo contains many bright stars, such as Regulus, the lion’s heart; Denebola; and Leonis. Leo is commonly represented as if the sickle-shaped asterism of stars is the back of the Lion’s head. H.A. Rey has suggested an alternative way to connect the stars, which graphically shows a lion walking.

H.A. Rey has suggested an alternative way to connect the stars, which graphically shows a lion walking.

Leo has been represented as a lion by numerous civilizations for thousands of years. One explanation is that the Sun was among its stars in Midsummer, and during this time the lions of the Egyptian desert left their accustomed haunts for the banks of the Nile, where they could find relief from the heat in the waters of the inundation.

So go stargrowling with your canine Growilieo (Gailieo) and share your adventures here.