Rigel is a blue supergiant star in the constellation of Orion. It has the Bayer designation ò Orionis, which is Latinized to Beta Orionis and abbreviated Beta Ori or ò Ori. Rigel is the brightest and most massive component ââ¬â and the eponym ââ¬â of a star system of at least four stars that appear as a single blue-white point of light to the naked eye. This system is located at a distance of approximately 860 light-years (260 pc) from the Sun.
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