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{{Night Sky
| image =RigelLocation.JPG
| designation =19 Ori, β Ori, HD34085
| rightascension =05h 14m 32.272s
| declination =−08° 12′ 05.91″
| distance =approx. 800 light years
| constellation =Orion
| type =star; blue supergiant
| dimensions =78 solar radii
| magnitude =0.18
| redshift =
| radvelocity =20.7 km/s
| propmotion =RA: 1.87 mas/yr<br/>Dec.: −0.56 mas/yr
| parallax =4.22 ± 0.81 mas
}}
'''Rigel''', also known as ''Beta Orionis'', is a blue-white [[supergiant]] [[star]] located in, and part of, the constellation of [[Orion]]. Rigel is actually Rigel A, the primary star of a binary star system. Rigel is the brightest star in the Orion constellation as well as the sixth brightest star overall in the night sky with an apparent magnitude of 0.18.<ref>http://webviz.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=+Hipparcos&-c=Rigel</ref>
'''Rigel''', also known as ''Beta Orionis'', is a blue-white [[supergiant]] [[star]] located in, and part of, the constellation of [[Orion]]. Rigel is actually Rigel A, the primary star of a binary star system. Rigel is the brightest star in the Orion constellation as well as the sixth brightest star overall in the night sky with an apparent magnitude of 0.18.<ref>http://webviz.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=+Hipparcos&-c=Rigel</ref>