Rigel (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Cambridge , Rigel is visible between 19:38 and 04:38. It will become accessible at around 19:38, when it rises to an altitude of 10° above your eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 00:08, 39° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 04:38 when it sinks below 10° above your western horizon.
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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 |
Visibility from Cambridge
All times shown in Cambridge local time.