Regulus joins Moon & Mars

The world was witness to a spectacular planetary wonder between May 19 and 22, 2010 when the bright star Regulus joined the Moon and planet Mars to form a beautiful line-up high in the southern sky.
According to editors of StarDate magazine, Mars was in good view above the Moon as night fell.

Regulus shines to the left of Mars, slightly higher. Regulus is the brightest star of Leo, the lion, and is more massive, hotter, and brighter than the Sun. Mars looks like a bright orange star.

On May 20, Regulus shone a little to the upper right of the first-quarter Moon, with bright orange Mars farther to the Moon right. The trio formed a wide, skinny triangle and could be seen high in the sky at nightfall, later to drop from view by around 2 a.m.

On May 21, the Moon lay between Saturn (due south) and Mars (in the southwest) at nightfall. Saturn looks like a bright golden star.

By May 22, the Moon shone below Saturn, high in the south at sunset.

---- ANI Features