Eta Leonis
Eta Leonis is a third-magnitude blue supergiant star in the constellation Leo, about away.
Nomenclature
With Regulus, γ Leonis, and ζ Leonis, it formed the Arabic lunar mansion Al Jabhah, the forehead. Some sources apply the name Al Jabhah to this star specifically, though the name Algieba for γ Leonis has the same etymology.Properties
Eta Leonis is a blue supergiant with the stellar classification A0Ib. Since 1943, the spectrum of this star has served as one of the stable anchor points by which other stars are classified. Though its apparent magnitude is 3.5, making it a relatively dim star to the naked eye, it is nearly 20,000 times more luminous than the Sun, with an absolute magnitude of -5.60. The Hipparcos astrometric data has estimated the distance of Eta Leonis to be roughly 390 parsecs from Earth, or 1,270 light years away. It is believed to be in a blue loop phase.Eta Leonis is apparently a multiple star system, but the number of components and their separation is uncertain.