☽︎Sky and Signs

♌︎ The lucky star of Leo: Regulus

The brightest star in the constellation Leo (α Leo), magnitude 1.35.

The name is Latin and means 'little king'. Regulus, the heart of the Lion, stands almost exactly on the path of the Sun, about 79 light years away.

It stands highest around 10 pm in March. It can be seen from everywhere north of 61°S, and it never sets north of 78°N.

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More on the constellation: Leo · The lucky stone: Amber

The zodiac sign and the constellation of the same name no longer lie over each other, because the Earth's axis has turned in two thousand years: the true constellation.

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