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Rigel is generally the seventh-brightest star in the night sky and the brightest star in Orion, though it is occasionally outshone by Betelgeuse, which varies over a larger range. A triple-star system is separated from Rigel by an angle of 9.5 arc seconds. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.7, making it 1/400th as bright as Rigel.
Pi 2 Orionis (π 2 Ori, π 2 Orionis) is the Bayer designation for a solitary star in the equatorial constellation of Orion. Although the Bright Star Catalogue lists this as a spectroscopic binary star system, [10] this does not appear to be the case. [11] It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.35. [2]
The three stars of θ 2 Orionis within the Orion Nebula. θ 2 Orionis consists of three stars in a line, each about an arc-minute from the next. In addition to the well-known three stars, the Washington Double Star Catalog confusingly lists a component D which is actually θ 1 Orionis C. [16] There is one other star brighter than 10th magnitude ...
Pi 4 Orionis (π 4 Ori, π 4 Orionis) is a binary star system in the western part of the Orion constellation. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.7. [2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 3.1 mass, [1] it is located roughly 1,050 light-years from the Sun.
Pi 1 Orionis (π 1 Ori, π 1 Orionis) is a star in the equatorial constellation of Orion.It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.74. [2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 28.04 mas, [1] it is located about 116 light-years from the Sun.
Chi 2 Orionis (Chi 2 Ori / χ 2 Orionis / χ 2 Ori) / k aɪ. t uː ˈ ɒ r aɪ / is a B-type blue supergiant star in the constellation of Orion.It has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.63 but being quite distant, and heavily extinguished it burns with the greatest absolute visual light magnitude among stars in Orion within the near reaches of the galaxy, 0.9 of a magnitude brighter than Rigel.
S Orionis is an asymptotic giant branch star in the constellation Orion, approximately 480 parsecs (1,600 ly) away. It varies regularly in brightness between extremes of magnitude 7.2 and 14 every 14 months.
Orion OB1 (Ori OB1) is a contingent group of several dozen hot giant stars of spectral types O and B in Orion. Associated are thousands of lower-mass stars, and a (smaller but significant) number of protostars. It is part of the larger Orion molecular cloud complex. Owing to its relative closeness and complexity it is the most closely studied ...