- Stars with a name
- Rigel
Rigel
β Orionis
Rigel is a very hot blue supergiant, in the constellation Orion. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1163.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in January, February, and December.
Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude 0.18.
What it’s like
It gives off 51,665 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 10,200 degrees Celsius.
It is 862.9 light years away: 8163 trillion kilometres.