the sun is near the star regulus (alpha leo) on the day of the year june.
on what day of the year is the sun near the star regulus (alpha leo)?
june
although best seen in the evening in the northern hemisphere's late winter and spring, regulus appears at some time of night throughout the year except for about a month (depending on ability to compensate for the sun's glare, ideally done so in twilight) on either side of august 22-24, when the sun overlaps. thus the star can be viewed the whole night, crossing the sky, in late february. regulus passes through soho's lasco c3 when the sun overlaps. for most earth observers, the heliacal rising (pre-sunrise appearance) of regulus occurs in the first week of september. every 8 years, venus near-occults the star system around that time, as on 5 september 2014.
regulus
regulus , designated α leonis (latinized to alpha leonis, abbreviated alpha leo, α leo), is the brightest object in the constellation of leo and one of the brightest stars in the night sky, lying approximately 79 light years from the sun. regulus appears singular, but is actually a quadruple star system composed of four stars that are organized into two pairs. the spectroscopic binary regulus a consists of a blue-white main-sequence star and its companion, which has not yet been directly observed, but is probably a white dwarf. located farther away are regulus b, c, and d, which are dim main-sequence stars.
regulus