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Rigel is a blue supergiant that is the brightest star in the constellation Orion (the Hunter). ... The star is about 870 light-years from the sun and 47,000 times as luminous, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. It is a variable star (its apparent brightness varies) and is considered an Alpha Cygni-type star.
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Rigel, designated β Orionis, is a blue supergiant star in the constellation of Orion, approximately 860 light-years from Earth. Rigel is the brightest and most massive component – and the eponym – of a star system of at least four stars that appear as a single blue-white point of light to the naked eye.
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