SAO 132220

E540372

SAO 132220 is a catalog designation for Mintaka, one of the three prominent stars forming Orion’s Belt in the constellation Orion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf star
stellarObject
alsoKnownAs Delta Orionis NERFINISHED
Mintaka NERFINISHED
apparentMagnitudeV 2.23
BayerDesignation Delta Orionis NERFINISHED
belongsToAsterism Orion’s Belt NERFINISHED
bestSeenInMonth January
binaryType eclipsing binary
catalogDesignation SAO 132220 NERFINISHED
colorIndexB−V −0.20
colorIndexU−B −0.95
constellation Orion NERFINISHED
declination −00° 17′ 56″
distanceFromEarth_ly about 1,200 light-years
distanceFromEarth_pc about 370 parsecs
dominantColor blue-white
effectiveTemperature_K about 29,500
equatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS NERFINISHED
FlamsteedDesignation 34 Orionis NERFINISHED
galacticLatitude_deg −17.74
galacticLongitude_deg 203.86
galacticPopulation thin disk
hasComponent Mintaka A NERFINISHED
Mintaka B NERFINISHED
Mintaka C NERFINISHED
hasProperName Mintaka NERFINISHED
hemisphereVisibility both hemispheres
isBrightStar true
isHotBlueStar true
isMultipleStarSystem true
isOneOf three prominent stars in Orion’s Belt
isPartOf Orion’s Belt NERFINISHED
isReferenceStarFor orientation of Orion’s Belt
locatedIn Milky Way
luminosity_solar about 90,000
luminosityClass II
mass_solar about 20
parallax_mas about 2.7
primaryComponentSpectralType O9.5 II
radialVelocity_kmPerS about +21
radius_solar about 16
rightAscension 05h 32m 00.4s
spectralClass O-type star
spectralType O9.5 II
variabilityType Algol-type eclipsing variable
visibleToNakedEye true

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Mintaka catalogIdentifier SAO 132220