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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
SAO 132220 canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf star
stellarObject
alsoKnownAs Delta Orionis
Mintaka
apparentMagnitudeV 2.23
BayerDesignation Delta Orionis
belongsToAsterism Orion’s Belt
linked to: Orion Belt region
bestSeenInMonth January
binaryType eclipsing binary
catalogDesignation SAO 132220
colorIndexB−V −0.20
colorIndexU−B −0.95
constellation Orion
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
FlamsteedDesignation 34 Orionis
galacticLatitude_deg −17.74
galacticLongitude_deg 203.86
galacticPopulation thin disk
hasComponent Mintaka A
linked to: Mintaka

Mintaka B
linked to: Mintaka

Mintaka C
linked to: Mintaka
hasProperName Mintaka
hemisphereVisibility both hemispheres
isBrightStar true
isHotBlueStar true
isMultipleStarSystem true
isOneOf three prominent stars in Orion’s Belt
isPartOf Orion’s Belt
linked to: Orion Belt region
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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Mintaka catalogIdentifier SAO 132220
SAO 132220 catalogDesignation SAO 132220