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All About The Regulus
Star
By Scott Cusimano
Regulus’ background
information
• Radius:
3.15–4.15/0.5/? Solar Radius
• Color: White
•Temperature: 10,300–15,400 Kelvin
Luminosity: 150/0.31
Constellation: Leo
Mass: 3.5/0.8/0.2 Solar Mass
Age: 5 × 107 years
Distance From Sun: 79 Light Years
More information
Regulus is in the main
sequence of the H-R diagram.
Regulus is also in the ”Large
Star” stage of it’s life
Regulus started out as a
nebula, and it will end as a
black hole
Constellation Leo
Leo, pictured below, is a tale of a lion.
Leo was a vicious lion.
He had terrorized the city
of Nemea. This caused
Hercules to respond by
killing ‘the beast’.
Constellation Leo
Here is one diagram of Leo. (The
constellation)
Regulus is
located in the
red circle.
Citations
"Regulus -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Wikipedia. Web. 24 Nov. 2009.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulus>.
"Regulus." JIM KALER, Professor Emeritus of
Astronomy, University of Illinois. 19 Sept.
2008. Web. 24 Nov. 2009.
<http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/Regulus.ht
ml>.
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