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527 B
Markdown
9 lines
527 B
Markdown
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name: Rigel (β Ori)
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constellation: Ori
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created_by: 8mag
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created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00
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updated_by: skybber
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updated_date: 2022-02-06 11:54:13.610367
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is usually the brightest star in the constellation, only occasionally surpassed by Betelgeuse during its peak. At 0.14mag, it is the seventh brightest star in the sky. It is a supernova of spectral type B8, so its blue-white colour can be clearly seen with the naked eye. Rigel is 78 times bigger and 12 000 times brighter than our Sun and lies 860 light years away. |