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Revision as of 15:26, 6 July 2016
| Rigel A | |
| Spectral | B8 Iae |
| Type | Supergiant |
| Luminosity | 1.2 x 105 LSol LSol |
| Absolute magnitude | -7.84 |
| Mag Terra | 0.13 |
| Temperature | 12,100 K° K |
| Mass | 23 MSol MSol |
| Radius | 78.9 RSol RSol |
| Companion | Rigel BC |
| Rigel Ba | |
| Spectral | B9 V |
| Type | Main Sequence |
| Luminosity | LSol |
| Absolute magnitude | |
| Mag Terra | 7.6 |
| Temperature | ~12,000 K° K |
| Mass | 3.84 MSol MSol |
| Companion | Rigel Bb / Rigel C / Rigel A |
| Rigel Bb | |
| Spectral | B9 V |
| Type | Main Sequence |
| Luminosity | LSol |
| Absolute magnitude | |
| Mag Terra | 7.6 |
| Temperature | ~12,000 K° K |
| Mass | 2.94 MSol MSol |
| Companion | Rigel Ba / Rigel C / Rigel A |
| Rigel C | |
| Spectral | B9 V |
| Type | Main Sequence |
| Luminosity | LSol |
| Absolute magnitude | |
| Mag Terra | 7.6 |
| Temperature | ~12,000 K° K |
| Mass | 3-4 MSol MSol |
| Companion | Rigel B / Rigel A |
The star Rigel (otherwise known as Beta Orionis) is a quaternary star system whose principal component (Rigel A) is a blue supergiant star of spectral type B8 Iae classified as an Alpha Cygni type variable star.
- It is an outlying member of the Orion OB-1 Association.
Description (Specifications)
Rigel is a quaternary star system composed of a supergiant primary Rigel A with an orbiting trinary system Rigel BC.
- Rigel A is a blue supergiant Alpha Cygni type variable star of spectral type B8 Iae.
- Rigel BC is a trinary system composed of two blue B9 V main sequence stars (Rigel Ba and Rigel Bb) in close orbit about one another, accompanied by an additional B9 V companion (Rigel C).
- Rigel BC is separated from from Rigel A by ~2200AU, and Rigel BC has an orbital period of ~18,000 years about Rigel A.
- Rigel B and Rigel C have an orbital period of ~63 years about one another.
- Rigel B is itself a binary system consisting of two B9 V type main sequence stars (Rigel Ba and Rigel Bb) that orbit each other every ~9.86 days.
The Rigel star system lies approximately 264.6pc from Terra, and is located in a Rimward direction from Terra at bearing 209.2o Galactic Longitude and -25.2o South Galactic Latitude.
History & Background (Dossier)
Rigel forms one of the feet of the Terran-sky constellation of Orion, one of the few constellations that is marginally recognizable throughout Charted Space.
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