leo contains many bright shining stars, such as regulus (also called α leonis); the lion's tail, denebola (also called β leonis); and γ1 leonis (also called algieba). many other fainter stars have been named as well, such as δ leo (zosma), θ leo (chort), κ leo (al minliar al asad), λ leo (alterf), and ο leo (subra).