Rigel, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, is part of the constellation Orion. It is located about 860 lightyears away from Earth and is categorized as a blue supergiant. This star is also a multistar 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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▶ Orion's Belt:    • Belt Stars of Orion  Alnitak, Alnila...  
▶ Bright Stars of Orion:    • Bright Stars of Orion  Betelgeuse, R...  
▶ Sirius:    • Sirius: Brightest Star In The Night Sky  

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▶ Orion Constellation Map: By IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg) [1], CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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