Regulus - Definition and Overview

For other uses, see Regulus (disambiguation).

Regulus is a star approximately 77.5 light years from Earth's Solar System.

Statistics

• Visual magnitude: 1.4
• Spectral type: B7 V
• Radial velocity: 4 km/s
• Proper Motion: 0.249 arcsecs/year
• Apparent Visual Magnitude: 1.36
• Absolute Visual Magnitude: -0.52
• Luminosity: 331 Solar Luminosities

Astrology

It was also one of the four "royal stars" of the Persians from around 3000 BC. In the religion of Stregheria, Regulus is a fallen angel and quarter guardian of the southern gate.

Fiction

• The distance to from Regulus to Deep Space Nine, in the Star Trek series of the same name, is 300 light-years.