Detected in 1950 by Albert George Wilson on photographs with the 48-inch-Schmidt camera at Mount Palomar,Leo 1 was identified as beeing a Dwarf Galaxy,belonging to our Local Group of Galaxies.

It is very difficult to observe,because of the 1.st magnitude star alpha Leonis (Regulus) ,located only 12 arcminutes away.

Some 820.000 light-years away from us,this dSph-typed measures an apparent size of 9,8 × 7,4arcmin,shining with an visual brightness of 11.5mag.

position (epoch 2000):

Ra.: 10h 08m 27,4s
Decl.: 12° 18′ 27″

image data:

LRGB(460-140-140-140 min),a total of 14.7 hours
north is up
80cm f/7 AstroOptik Keller corrected cassegrain FLI Proline 16803 Astrodon LRGB Gen-II filters
Prompt 7 CTIO/UNC Chile,remote controlled
image processing: Bernd Flach-Wilken

Nearly the complete FOV (squared 22.5arcmin.) of the CCD´s image filed is filled with stars tf the Dwarf Galaxy Leo 1:

HERE you can see the fully resolved picture

the spikes an streaks at the bottom are reflections from the neary star 1.st mag.Regulus (alpha Leonis)