Learn the Sky | Rigel: The Brightest Star in Orion Constellation @learnthesky | Uploaded February 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Rigel, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, is part of the constellation Orion. It is located about 860 light-years away from Earth and is categorized as a blue supergiant. This star is also a multi-star system, including one supergiant star and three other blue main sequence stars.

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1:02 - Supergiant phase
2:16 - Multistar system
4:53 - Witch Head Nebula
5:28 - Rigel in Stellarium

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Links and Resources mentioned in this
▶ Find Orion the Hunter constellation: youtu.be/F8q82v_majE
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▶ Bright Stars of Orion: youtu.be/gwhx58Wa-74
▶ Sirius: youtu.be/PU5CgWsAPqM

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▶ IC 2118: By NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA. Witch Head; Brews Baby Stars, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51483610
▶ Orion Constellation Map: By IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg) - [1], CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15407823

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