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    Alnitak is a triple star system in the constellation of Orion. It has the designations ζ Orionis, which is Latinised to Zeta Orionis and abbreviated Zeta...
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    consists of three bright and easily identifiable collinear star systems – Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka – nearly equally spaced in a line, spanning an angular...
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    rectangular shape, at the center of which lies the three stars of Orion's Belt—Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka. His head is marked by an additional 8th star called...
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    in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of Alnitak, the easternmost star of Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion...
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    2024-08-12. 800 000 times smaller angular diameter than that of Alnitak as seen from Earth. Alnitak is a blue star so it gives off a lot of light for its size...
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    light-years from the Sun in the constellation of Orion. Together with Alnitak (Zeta Orionis) and Alnilam (Epsilon Orionis), the three stars form Orion's...
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    complex, illustrating the Orion Correlation Theory. From left to right: Alnitak on the Great Pyramid of Giza Alnilam on the pyramid of Khafre Mintaka on...
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    Second 2.23 Mintaka ε Orionis Second 1.69 Alnilam ζ Orionis Second 1.70 Alnitak η Orionis Third 3.42 Algjebbah θ Orionis Third (Orion nebula) ι Orionis...
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    Beta Arietis 17 胃 (Wèi) Stomach 35 Arietis 18 昴 (Mǎo) Hairy Head Alcyone 19 畢 (Bì) Net Ain 20 觜 (Zī) Turtle Beak Meissa 21 參 (Shēn) Three Stars Alnitak...
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    share a common motion through space, along with the stars of Orion's Belt: Alnitak (Zeta Orionis), Alnilam (Epsilon Orionis), and Mintaka (Delta Orionis)...
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    brightest in Orion) and is a blue supergiant. Together with Mintaka and Alnitak, the three stars make up Orion's Belt, known by many names across many...
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    (the open cluster Hyades) of Taurus and the three stars of Orion's Belt (Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka). Another way is to mentally draw a line from the...
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    open cluster. It is found at the eastern end of the belt, south west of Alnitak and west of the Horsehead Nebula which it partially illuminates. The combined...
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  • lit. 'arrangement/string (of pearls)'. /ˈælnᵻlæm/ Orion ζ Orionis Aa Alnitak The traditional name, alternately spelled Al Nitak or Alnitah, is from...
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    near the star of Bellatrix. Orion OB1b - the three bright stars ζ Ori (Alnitak), ε Ori (Alnilam), and δ Ori (Mintaka) which make up the asterism known...
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    WC8, O7.5III Southern 31 1.74 Alnair α Gru 0100 B6 V Southern 32 1.77 Alnitak ζ Ori 01,300 O9.5 Iab, B1 IV, B0 III Southern 33 1.77 Alioth ε UMa 0083...
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    Orion B cloud of the larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. The bright star Alnitak (ζ Ori), the easternmost star in the Belt of Orion, appears very close...
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    His friend pointed out the constellation of Orion, and mentioned that Alnitak, the most easterly of the stars making up Orion's belt, was offset slightly...
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  • of Scorpius OB1 36 8,210 4.705 17,200 spectroscopy SIMBAD ζ Orionis Aa Alnitak in Orion OB1 of Orion complex 33 1,260 2.08 29,500 evolution SIMBAD θ1...
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    and Sigma Hydrae. Orion's Belt consists of the three bright stars Zeta (Alnitak), Epsilon (Alnilam) and Delta Orionis (Mintaka) which form the belt of...
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  • O7.5III 1.83 Mintaka A (Delta Orionis, 34 Orionis) 1,200 3 O9.5II 2.5 Alnitak (Zeta Orionis, 50 Orionis) 1,260 ± 180 3 O9.5Iab 1.77 Sigma Orionis A 1263±4...
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    meaning Three Stars (asterism), refers to an asterism consisting of Saiph, Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka, Betelgeuse, Bellatrix and Rigel. Consequently, the Chinese...
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    of stars formed). The 4 visibly bright O-type stars are Gamma Velorum, Alnitak (Zeta Orionis), Mintaka (Delta Orionis), and Zeta Puppis. The corona present...
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  • Ondřejov Observatory) - Ondrejov—BlueEye600 Telescope L37 Alnitak Observatory Cádiz Observatorio Alnitak, El Puerto de Santa María L38 Schafsweide Observatory...
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    phase Mu Sagittarii, a multiple star system containing a B-type supergiant Alnitak, an O-type blue supergiant Eta Canis Majoris, a blue supergiant of spectral...
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    Sirius B 28 kK in record cationic lightning over Earth 29 kK on surface of Alnitak (easternmost star of Orion's belt) 4–8–40–160 kK on white dwarfs 30–400...
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    Sagittarii Alnilam an-Niżm the String of Pearls النظم النَّظْم Epsilon Orionis Alnitak an-Niṭāq the Girdle (Orion's Belt) النطاق النِّطَاق Zeta Orionis Alphard...
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    correspond to two stars at the base of Orion, Rigel and Saiph, and another, Alnitak at the tip of the "belt" of the imagined hunter, the vertices of a nearly...
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  • Gamma Velorum Double star 1.71 Alpha Gruis Star 1.77 1.75 Alioth Star 1.77 Alnitak Triple star system 1.79 Alpha Persei Star 1.79 Dubhe Binary star system...
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  • Vmax = 1.64m, Vmin = 1.74m Alnitak A ζ 50 37742 26727 05h 40m 45.52s −01° 56′ 33.3″ 1.88 -6.0 817 O9.7Ib component of the Alnitak system; suspected variable...
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