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Discovered in 1905 by two 12 year-old boys searching for a lost cricket ball, Crystal Cave, Bermuda (by Tim Conway).
The brightest star in the constellation Leo is Regulus, and it is also one of the brightest stars in the night sky, with only 21 stars brighter. Regulus is strictly speaking a star sysas tem, composed of Regulus A, the source of its brightness and a white dwarf companion that has not yet been observed, and to other stars too dim to be easily visible. Also known as Alpha Leonis for its primary position in the constellation, the name Regulus means ‘little king’ or ‘kinglet’ and also occasionally prince. Regulus derives from the Latin word rex, regis, taking the diminutive form.
Regulus A is a large, hot star, about 4 times as wide as our sun but much brighter and with over 1000 times the energy output. Regulus A is also spinning about 1000 times faster on its axis and shooting through space like a bullet! Scientists are unclear what the source of this energy and movement is.
Image of the constellation Leo from Wikimedia commons, in the public domain.
Constellation map by Torsten Bronger, used with permission under Creative Commons 3.0 license.
Computer generated image of Regulus A by Chandra, used with permission.
People who compare David Bowie and Lady Gaga:
Just shut up.
David Bowie can only be compared to David Bowie.
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)
The Lady of Shalott
Oil on canvas
Private collection___
The subject of the dead Lady in a boat or barge floating down the river inspired Edward Robert Hughes, William A. Breakspeare, John La Farge, and John Atkinson Grimshaw. This theme interested artists because of the sensuality suggested by dead Lady’s recumbent body and the decadent attraction of the union of death and beauty, sensuality and spirituality.
John Atkinson Grimshaw painted the dead Lady of Shalott floating down the river in her funeral barge after having done a similar painting, Elaine, in 1877. Both paintings convey the atmospheric stillness of the dead lady as she floats through the night.
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