Regulus is the brightest object in the constellation Leo and one of the brightest stars in the night sky, carrying the Bayer designation Alpha Leonis. It appears to the eye as a single point of light but is actually a quadruple star system made up of two pairs of stars, the whole system lying about 79 light-years from the Solar System.
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Constellation In the Other Atlases
In Constellation
Also in Divinity Atlas: the constellation this subject lies in.
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Wikidata: Regulus
Wikidata Q76493786, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Regulus (Wikipedia)
Regulus, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
Regulus is the brightest object in the constellation Leo and one of the brightest stars in the night sky.
Regulus, Wikipedia - lead section, constellation
Regulus is the brightest object in the constellation Leo and one of the brightest stars in the night sky.
In Group: Triple and Higher-Order Star Systems, Lead sentence
Regulus appears single, but is actually a quadruple star system composed of four stars that are organized into two pairs.
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