- 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 is at about 10,500 degrees.
It is 862.9 light years away: 8163 trillion kilometres.