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  2. List of stars in Orion - Wikipedia

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    • Notes = Common name(s) or alternate name(s); comments; notable properties [for example: multiple star status, range of variability if it is a variable star, exoplanets, etc.] See also [ edit ]

  3. Orion (constellation) - Wikipedia

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    Orion is bordered by Taurus to the northwest, Eridanus to the southwest, Lepus to the south, Monoceros to the east, and Gemini to the northeast. Covering 594 square degrees, Orion ranks twenty-sixth of the 88 constellations in size. The constellation boundaries, as set by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte in 1930, are defined by a polygon of ...

  4. Alnilam - Wikipedia

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    Alnilam is the middle and brightest of the three stars of Orion's Belt. It is the 29th-brightest star in the sky (the fourth brightest in Orion) and is a blue supergiant. Together with Mintaka and Alnitak, the three stars make up Orion's Belt, known by many names across many ancient cultures. Alnilam is the middle star.

  5. Saiph - Wikipedia

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    Saiph / ˈseɪf /, designation Kappa Orionis (κ Orionis, abbreviated Kappa Ori, κ Ori) and 53 Orionis (53 Ori), is a blue supergiant star and the sixth-brightest star in the constellation of Orion. Of the four bright stars that compose Orion's main quadrangle, it is the star at the south-eastern corner. A northern-hemisphere observer facing ...

  6. W Orionis - Wikipedia

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    W Ori, BD −00°939, HD 32736, HIP 23680. Database references. SIMBAD. data. W Orionis is a carbon star in the constellation Orion, approximately 400 parsecs (1,300 ly) away. It varies regularly in brightness between extremes of magnitude 4.4 and 6.9 roughly every 7 months.

  7. Sigma Orionis - Wikipedia

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    Sigma Orionis or Sigma Ori (σ Orionis, σ Ori) is a multiple star system in the constellation Orion, consisting of the brightest members of a young open cluster. It is found at the eastern end of the belt, south west of Alnitak and west of the Horsehead Nebula which it partially illuminates. The combined brightness of the component stars is ...

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  9. S Orionis - Wikipedia

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    Pulsations of S Orionis, showing dust production and masers (ESO) S Orionis is a Mira variable that pulsates with an approximately 420‑day cycle, and varies in radius from 2.0 to 2.3 astronomical units. The pulsations have been observed using VLTI and VLBA observations which measured an angular diameter varying between 7.9 and 9.7 mas.