Betelgeuse, α Orion, a massive red supergiant of class M, living out its age. This variable star is the second brightest star in the constellation and the eighth brightest star in the night sky. It represents the right shoulder of Orion. Photography Hubble Telescope
Rigel, β Orion, is a B-type blue supergiant that is the sixth brightest star in the night sky. It is the brightest star in the constellation Orion. It denotes the left foot of the mythical hunter.
Bellatrix, γ Orion, is known by the informal name “Star Amazons." It is the 27th brightest star in the night sky. Bellatrix is considered a class B blue giant. It represents the left shoulder of Orion.
Mintaka, β Orion, is the dimmest of the three stars in the Orion's Belt asterism. It is a multiple star system of four or five stars, the brightest of which are a large B-type blue giant and a slightly more massive O-type white star.
Alnilam, ε Orion. The name of the star comes from an Arabic phrase meaning "necklace of 3 pearls". It is a class B blue supergiant. Although A is farther away from the Sun than Mintaka and Alnitak, the other two stars in Orion's Belt, it has a high luminosity so they appear almost equally bright in the sky.
Alnitak what means "cake", ζ Orion. It is the easternmost star in Orion's Belt. It is a triple star located at a distance of about 800 light years from ☀️ years. Alnitak's main dawn is a blue supergiant and the brightest class O star in the night sky.
Alnitak (in lower right) and the Flame Nebula
Saif, κ (kappa) Orion. It denotes the right foot of the hunter. Saif is located at almost the same distance as Rigel, and has a mass similar to it, but much dimmer.
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