Arabic star names / Regulus
Regulus
قلب الأسد
Regulus comes from the Arabic قلب الأسد (Qalb al-Asad), which means “the heart of the lion”. It is the 22nd-brightest star in the sky, in Leo.
- Brightness
- 1.36
- Colour
- blue-white
- Constellation
- Leo
- Best seen
- April evenings
- Right ascension
- 10h 08m
- Declination
- +11° 58′
The name
The heart of Leo. Both the Arabic and the Latin name ('little king') put it at the centre of the lion.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere north of 78°S. From Riyadh it climbs to 77° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 50° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 44° above the horizon.
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