Rigel

Famous Stars

Rigel

I chose famous stars to research next because I am very interested in learning about the stars I’ve seen every night, but never knew anything about.

Known as Beta Orionis, it is the brightest star in the constellation Orion, and the seventh brightest star in the night sky. The blue supergiant is actually a multi star system. It is a very young star and due to it size, is expected to go into supernova.

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Star: Rigel( Beta Orionis // β Ori)

Chemical Components: Hydrogen (H)

Helium (He)

Spectrum Analysis (of most abundant component: Hydrogen):

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Location: Right Ascension- 05h 14m 32.27210s

                 Declination- −08° 12′ 05.8981″

Stellar Classification: B9V

      Blue-white stars.

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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigel

http://www.universetoday.com/45775/famous-stars/

http://www.astronoo.com/en/stars.html

http://www.astronoo.com/en/brightest-stars.html