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    magnitude of 4.13. The four stars are known as Mu Orionis Aa, Mu Orionis Ab, Mu Orionis Ba, and Mu Orionis Bb. The A and B systems are several tenths of...
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    and Pi Orionis), and instead of an arm marked out by Mu Orionis, he holds a club (Chi Orionis). His right leg is represented by Theta Orionis and his...
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    Betelgeuse (redirect from Alpha Orionis)
    at near-infrared wavelengths. Its Bayer designation is α Orionis, Latinised to Alpha Orionis and abbreviated Alpha Ori or α Ori. With a radius around...
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    Mu Cephei (Latinized from μ Cephei, abbreviated Mu Cep or μ Cep), also known as Herschel's Garnet Star, Erakis, or HD 206936, is a red supergiant or hypergiant...
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    12 is known as "the hidden planetary" because of the foreground star Mu Orionis making it difficult to observe and Abell 12 being at an apparent magnitude...
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    velocity of over 200 km/s. Their common point of origin intersects with Iota Orionis in the Trapezium cluster, some two and half million years in the past....
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  • 80..318B. doi:10.1086/111748. Heintz, W. D. (May 1989). "The Orbits of MU Orionis and 9 Puppis". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific...
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    O4I(n)fp Alnilam (Epsilon Orionis) B-type supergiant, spectral type B0Ia, central star of Orion's Belt Saiph (Kappa Orionis) B-type supergiant, spectral...
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    Wavelengths of the Diameters of alpha Orionis and alpha Scorpii: Changes in Effective Temperature of alpha Orionis and Very Recent Dust Emission". Astrophysical...
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    297, been found to have a dusty disk surrounding it, and is also a UX Orionis star, meaning that it shows irregular variations in its brightness. The...
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    4 visibly bright O-type stars are Gamma Velorum, Alnitak (Zeta Orionis), Mintaka (Delta Orionis), and Zeta Puppis. The corona present in other spectral types...
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  • Mrigashira - मृगशिर "the deer's head". Also known as āgrahāyaṇī λ "Meissa", φ Orionis Lord: Mangala (Mars) Symbol: Deer's head Deity: Soma, Chandra, the Moon...
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  • star system 2.77 2.76 Beta Herculis Binary star system 2.77 2.76 Iota Orionis Quadruple star system 2.79 2.72 Beta Eridani Star 2.79 2.76 Cor Caroli...
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    on Theta1 Orionis C, which lies on the side of an elongated molecular cloud in a cavity formed by the massive young stars. (Theta1 Orionis C emits 3-4...
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    (1981). "The near ultraviolet stellar spectra of alpha Lyrae and beta Orionis". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 197: 57–74. Bibcode:1981MNRAS...
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    Kent or even Rigil, though the latter name is better known for Rigel (β Orionis). An alternative name found in European sources, Toliman, is an approximation...
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  • 19°20′ Gemini 5 Mṛgaśīrā "the deer's head". Also known as āgrahāyaṇī λ, φ Orionis Astrological leader: Mangala (Mars) Symbol: Deer's head Rigvedic name:...
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    String of Pearls النظم النَّظْم Epsilon Orionis Alnitak an-Niṭāq the Girdle (Orion's Belt) النطاق النِّطَاق Zeta Orionis Alphard al-Fard the Solitary one الفرد...
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    a mere 300,000 years old composed of two pre-main-sequence stars—a FU Orionis star and a Herbig Ae/Be star, which has brightened episodically by two...
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  • Named after Joseph Algernon Pearce. Persson's Star is V733 Cephei, an FU Orionis type object. Named after R. Persson. Piazzi's Flying Star, see Bessel's...
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    ; Jayawardhana, R. (2002-11-01). "Direct detection of the companion of Orionis". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 394 (3): L43–L46. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20021377...
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  • Fang, Min; Facchini, Stefano (2016-07-20). "Proplyds Around a B1 Star: 42 Orionis in NGC 1977". The Astrophysical Journal. 826 (1): L15. arXiv:1606.08271...
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    quantum mechanics. Spectral standards: B0V – Upsilon Orionis B0Ia – Alnilam B2Ia – Chi2 Orionis B2Ib – 9 Cephei B3V – Eta Ursae Majoris B3V – Eta Aurigae...
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    0 v 2 = B 0 2 2 μ 0 , {\displaystyle \rho _{0}v^{2}={\frac {B_{0}^{2}}{2\mu _{0}}},} where ρ 0 {\displaystyle \rho _{0}} is the density of the plasma...
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    to start observations sometime in the 2030s. 7.9 Gm – Diameter of Gamma Orionis, a blue dwarf or blue giant 9.0 Gm – Estimated diameter of the event horizon...
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  • Draco 18h 21m 03.4s +72° 43′ 58″ F7V 3.68# 124.11±0.87 B$ K0V 5.67# Pi3 Orionis (Tabit)$ 26.316±0.036 Orion 04h 49m 50.4s +06° 57′ 41″ F6V 3.16# 123.94±0...
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  • (2000-10-06). "Discovery of Young, Isolated Planetary Mass Objects in the σ Orionis Star Cluster". Science. 290 (5489): 103–107. Bibcode:2000Sci...290..103Z...
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  • 8 ± 0.6 1 GV HIP 38594 63.8 ± 2.0 1 MV Gliese 3859 63.9 ± 0.7 1 GV 74 Orionis 64.0 ± 1.1 1 FV Gliese 3383 64.0 +8.5 −6.7 1 GV Alpha Trianguli (Mothallah)...
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  • light FUOR – (celestial object) FU Orionis objects, a class of variable pre–main sequence stars named after FU Orionis, the archetype for the class also...
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    study of mass loss from the mid-ultraviolet spectrum of α Cygni (A2 Ia), β Orionis (B8 Ia), and η Leonis (A0 Ib)". The Astrophysical Journal. 223: 207. Bibcode:1978ApJ...
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