HD 36486

E540370

HD 36486 is the stellar catalog designation for Mintaka, a bright multiple star system that forms the westernmost star in Orion’s Belt.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
HD 36486 canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Orion Belt star
eclipsing binary
multiple star system
spectroscopic binary
alsoKnownAs Delta Orionis
Mintaka
formsPartOfAsterism Orion’s Belt
linked to: Orion Belt region
hasAge a few million years
hasApparentMagnitudeRangeV about 2.20–2.23
hasApparentMagnitudeV about 2.23
hasBayerDesignation δ Orionis
linked to: Delta Orionis
hasBDDesignation BD −00°983
hasCompanions multiple stellar components
hasDeclination −00° 18′
hasDistanceFromEarth about 1,200 light-years
about 360 parsecs
hasEffectiveTemperaturePrimary about 30,000 K
hasFlamsteedDesignation 34 Orionis
hasGalacticPopulation Population I
hasHIPDesignation HIP 25930
hasHRDesignation HR 1852
hasLuminosity tens of thousands of times the Sun’s luminosity
hasMassPrimary about 20 solar masses
hasMassSecondary about 8 solar masses
hasRadialVelocity about +21 km/s
hasRightAscension 05h 32m
hasSAODesignation SAO 112740
hasSpectralType O9.5II
hasSpectralTypeComponent B-type (secondary)
O9.5II (primary)
hasVariableStarDesignation V* Mintaka
hasVariableType eclipsing binary of Algol type
isBrightStar true
isCataloguedIn Bright Star Catalogue
Henry Draper Catalogue
Hipparcos Catalogue
SAO Catalogue
linked to: SAO catalogue
isLocatedNear celestial equator
isPartOfConstellation Orion
isReferenceStarFor Orion constellation identification
isUsedAs navigation star
isVisibleToNakedEye true
isWesternmostStarOf Orion’s Belt
linked to: Orion Belt region
orbitsCommonBarycenterWith HD 36486 secondary component

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Mintaka catalogIdentifier HD 36486
V* del Ori catalogDesignation HD 36486
HIP 25930 HDNumber HD 36486