Star

Regulus

α Leonis · HIP 49669 · Blue-white main-sequence star

True colour from its B–V index (-0.09) — a surface around 11,400 K.

Distance

79.3 light-years

Spectral type

B7V

Brightness

mag 1.36

Absolute mag

-0.57

Luminosity

147 × Sun

Surface

~11,400 K

Right ascension

10h 08m 22s

Declination

+11° 58′

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Distances and spectral types: HYG Database (Hipparcos parallaxes), CC BY-SA 4.0.