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Rigel   /rˈaɪdʒəl/   Listen
Rigel

noun
(Written also Regel)
1.
The brightest star in Orion.  Synonym: Beta Orionis.





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"Rigel" Quotes from Famous Books



... the glorious constellation of Orion on the star Rigel. This brilliant orb is not inhabited, but more than one-half of the worlds revolving around it sustain ...
— Life in a Thousand Worlds • William Shuler Harris
... am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment. Betelgeuse is strikingly red, while Rigel is yellow. There is something of the same pleasure in noticing the hues that there is in looking at a collection of precious stones, or at a flower-garden in autumn. Blue stars I do not yet see, and but little ...
— Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals • Maria Mitchell


Words linked to "Rigel" :   binary, double star, binary star


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