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Evening Of Aug 08...star
So,there I was Friday evening 'rnd. 11pm,walking home.
There...
A Night Time Show
On June 7, and to a lesser degree on the 6th and the 8th, stargazers can observe a particularly stunning lightshow as the Moon, Saturn, Mars and the star Regulus line up together in a display that should be visible to the naked eye.
A little about Regulus:
Regulus is the brightest star in the constellation Leo, and one of the brightest stars in the night sky, with a bluish tint. Approximately 77.5 light years from Earth’s Solar System, Regulus has a mass about 3.5 times that of our own Sun. It is a young star – only a few hundred million years old – and spins extremely rapidly, with a rotation period of only 15.9 hours.
The name Regulus comes from a Latin word meaning “little king,” or “prince.” The star’s Greek name, Basiliscus, is also used. Regulus is also commonly known as Qalb Al Asad, from the Arabic phrase meaning “the heart of the lion.”
