HD 37742

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HD 37742 is the bright blue supergiant star better known as Alnitak, the easternmost star in Orion’s Belt.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
HD 37742 canonical 5
HD 37742 A 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf X-ray source
blue supergiant
star
age_Myr about 6
alsoKnownAs Alnitak
Zeta Orionis
ζ Orionis
linked to: Zeta Orionis
angularSeparationFromComponentB_arcsec about 2.4
angularSeparationFromComponentC_arcsec about 57
apparentMagnitudeV 1.72
belongsToAssociation Orion OB1 association
belongsToSubgroup Orion OB1b subgroup
binaryComponent HD 37742 A
linked to: HD 37742

HD 37742 B
HD 37742 C
linked to: HD 37742 B
catalogIdentifier HD 37742
HIP 26727
HR 1948
SAO 132444
colorIndexBminusV about −0.20
componentOf Orion’s Belt
linked to: Orion Belt region
constellation Orion
culturalSignificance one of the three stars of Orion’s Belt
declination −01° 56′ 34″
distanceFromEarth_ly approximately 800
distanceFromEarth_pc approximately 250
drives strong stellar wind
effectiveTemperature_K about 30000
equatorialCoordinateEpoch J2000
galacticPopulation thin disk
hasStellarWindTerminalVelocity_kmPerSec about 2100
ionizes nearby interstellar gas
locatedIn Orion Molecular Cloud Complex
luminosity_solar about 250000
luminosityClass Iab
mass_solar about 33
metallicity_FeH approximately solar
parallax_mas about 3.9
positionInAsterism easternmost star of Orion’s Belt
primaryComponentSpectralType O9.5Iab
radialVelocity_kmPerSec about +25
radius_solar about 20
rightAscension 05h 40m 45s
rotationalVelocity_kmPerSec about 110
secondaryComponentSpectralType B-type
spectralClass O
spectralType O9.5Iab
variableType slight irregular variability
visibleFrom both Northern and Southern Hemispheres

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alnitak hasHDDesignation HD 37742
HR 1948 catalogDesignation HD 37742
HD 37742 binaryComponent HD 37742 A
linked to: HD 37742
HD 37742 catalogIdentifier HD 37742
SAO 132444 correspondsToHD HD 37742