Rigel (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Columbus , Rigel is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:29 (EDT) – 3 hours and 13 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 27° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:10.
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Name
Rigel
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 05h14m32s [3] |
| Declination: | −08°12'05" [3] |
| Constellation: | Orion |
| Magnitude: Variable | 0.28 (V) [3] 0.31 (BT) [2] 0.28 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 264.6 parsec 862.4 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.02 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 1.4 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 69.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -6.83 |
Sources