Iota Leonis is a star in the constellation Leo.
It was known as 太微右垣三, "the Third (Star) of the Right Wall of the Supreme Palace Enclosure" or 次將 (Tsze Tseang, Mandarin cìjiàng), "the Vice-General", in traditional Chinese astronomy
Iota Leonis is of stellar classification F3 V and apparent visual magnitude +3.94. It is a spectroscopic binary, which means it is a binary star with components that are too close together to be able to resolve individually through a telescope.
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