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By Nakwan Walker It’s the brightest star in the constellation Leo The star’s name regulus comes from the Latin word Rex which means King It is associated with many cultures like the Greeks , Arabs, and Ancient Babylon It also is know as one of the four Royal Stars of the Heavens These four stars are thought to be sentinels watching over other stars and make a fixed cross to heaven It spins rapidly on its axis st the 21 brightest star that It’s can be seen from earth Its hotter and bigger than our sun Its around the age of 1 billion years old!!!! Its about 15,400⁰ K Its about 15,713⁰ C It is well placed in the evening sky during about January to June Its about 77 light-years away. Its puts out nearly 350 times the energy the sun does http://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/best-regulus-the-heartof-the-lion http://en.esstatic.us/upl/2010/06/regulus_sun_comparison.jpeg http://www.clker.com/cliparts/2/3/8/f/11954335252025281875 red_cross_joshua_dwire_03.svg.med.png http://astrobob.areavoices.com/astrobob/images/Moon_Ma rs_May_19_2010.jpg
