Here is the light curve since 2010 for R Leonis.
Here is the light curve since 2010 for R Leonis.
This Mira type variable has an average period of approx 310 days, so maxima occur nearly two months earlier each year.
With R Leo being located close to the ecliptic, there is a gap in the light curve each summer when Leo is in conjunction with the Sun.
By the British variable stars section.
