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Its Bayer designation is α Orionis, Latinised to Alpha Orionis and abbreviated Alpha Ori or α Ori. [ 19 ] With a radius between 640 and 764 times that of the Sun, [ 14 ] [ 11 ] if it were at the center of our Solar System , its surface would lie beyond the asteroid belt and it would engulf the orbits of Mercury , Venus , Earth , and Mars .
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is a list of star systems within 400–450 light years of Earth. [1 ... Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis) 408 ...
The following is a list of stars with resolved images, that is, stars whose images have been resolved beyond a point source. Aside from the Sun , observed from Earth , stars are exceedingly small in apparent size, requiring the use of special high-resolution equipment and techniques to image.
Bellatrix is the third-brightest star in the constellation of Orion, positioned 5° west of the red supergiant Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis). It has the Bayer designation γ Orionis, which is Latinized to Gamma Orionis. With a slightly variable magnitude of around 1.6, it is typically the 25th-brightest star in the night sky.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... triple star system; α Cyg variable: Betelgeuse: ... component of the σ Ori system; ...
Betelgeuse and Bellatrix are south-east and south-west of the formation, forever cast as Alpha and Gamma by Bayer, they are near the top of Orion and in myth represent the hunter's shoulders. Sharpless 264 , also known as the Lambda Orionis Ring , is a molecular cloud and H II region , which can be seen in the northern region of the Orion ...
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The Lambda Orionis ring is a large molecular ring, centered around Lambda Orioinis . It was suggested that this ring formed after a supernova occurred inside the central star-forming region that once surrounded the Lambda Orionis Cluster, dispersing the material into the ring seen today. Star-formation is still continuing in regions of the ring.