Rigel

Rigel
/ruy"jeuhl, -geuhl/, n. Astron.
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
[1585-95; < Ar rijl foot, so called from its position in the left foot of the figure of Orion]

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star
also called  Beta Orionis 

      one of the brightest stars in the sky, intrinsically as well as in appearance. A blue-white supergiant in the constellation Orion, Rigel is about 770 light-years from the Sun and is about 37,000 times as luminous. A companion star, also bluish white, is of the sixth magnitude. The name Rigel derives from an Arabic term meaning “the left leg of the giant,” referring to the figure of Orion.

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