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Rigel  n.  (Written also Regel)  (Astron.) A fixed star of the first magnitude in the left foot of the constellation Orion.





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"Rigel" Quotes from Famous Books



... in training, Major Osborne. Gotta kill the evil green horde from Rigel Seven, and I don't dare drink anything stronger ...
— The Judas Valley • Gerald Vance
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... outline; two are of the first magnitude, five of the second, and one of the third (Fig. 12). The most brilliant are Betelgeuse ([alpha]) and Rigel ([beta]): the former marking the right shoulder of the Colossus as it faces us; the second the left foot. The star on the left shoulder is [gamma] or Bellatrix, of second magnitude; that of the right foot, [chi], is almost of the third. ...
— Astronomy for Amateurs • Camille Flammarion
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Words linked to "Rigel" :   Beta Orionis, binary star


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