Rigel A

Rigel A

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Chemical Make Up: hydrogen, helium, iron core, oxygen, carbon

Location: 5h14m33.268s, -8°12'5.98" (epoch 2000.0)
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 143, 711, -105
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -580, -328, -306

Spectrum Analysis:

http://www.umop.net/spctelem.htm

Stellar Classification: Spectral class: B8 Luminosity Class: Ia
Supergiant

Resources: Rigel. (n.d.). Retrieved September 30, 2015, from http://www.stellar-database.com/Scripts/search_star.exe?Name=rigel

Stars. (n.d.). Retrieved October 1, 2015, from http://www.astronoo.com/en/stars.html