
Alnilam - Wikipedia
Alnilam is the central star of Orion's Belt in the equatorial constellation of Orion. It has the Bayer designation ε Orionis, which is Latinised to Epsilon Orionis and abbreviated Epsilon Ori or ε Ori. This is a massive, blue supergiant star some 1,200 light-years distant.
Alnilam (Epsilon Orionis) - Star Facts
Dec 11, 2024 · Alnilam is the central star of Orion’s Belt, an asterism known since ancient times. Orion’s Belt is also formed by the bright stars Alnitak (Zeta Orionis) and Mintaka (Delta Orionis). Alnilam is the only single star of the three, as well as the brightest.
Alnilam (ε Orionis) | Facts, Information, History & Definition
Jan 30, 2020 · Alnilam is around 537.000 times brighter than our Sun, it is the brightest star of Orion’s Belt. Because of this brightness, it illuminates a molecular cloud, NGC 1990, that appears to have surrounded the star.
Meet Alnilam, Orion’s Belt Buckle - Sky & Telescope
Mar 9, 2021 · Alnilam is the middle star in the famous three-member belt of Orion, the Hunter. The belt is so easily recognizable because all three stars are spaced evenly in a (roughly) straight line and appear to be about the same brightness.
Alnilam - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
ALNILAM (Epsilon Orionis). Three brilliant stars mark the belt of Orion the Hunter, from right to left (west to east) Mintaka, Alnilam, and Alnitak.The names of all three refer to the whole set. The outer two are named after the "belt" of the Arabs "Central One (a mysterious feminine figure), while Alnilam comes from an Arabic word that aptly means "the String of …
Alnilam - Constellations of Words
Epsilon (ε) Orion, Alnilam, is a brilliant white star occupying the central position in Orion‘s belt. Alnilam, Anilam, Ainilam, and Alnihan are from Al Nitham, or Al Nathm, the String of Pearls, or, as British physicist Robert Recorde (1500-1558) said, the Bullions set in the middle of Orion’s Belt.
The Alnilam Star - Features and Facts - The Planets
Alnilam, the blue supergiant star, has a variable brightness that ranks it as the 29th most luminousstar of all the known stars viewed from Earth. Its luminosity is the amount of energy emission from this giant star relative to the Sun.
Orion's Belt | 3 Bright Stars in Orion | Pictures, Location, and Facts
Alnilam. It just keeps getting better. Alnilam is the Eastern-most star of Orion’s belt and happens to be the 29th brightest stars visible in the night sky. It’s around 60 times as massive as our sun.
Alnilam - ε Orionis (epsilon Orionis) - Star in Orion - TheSkyLive
Alnilam, also designated as ε Orionis (epsilon Orionis), is a variable and double hypergiant star of spectral class B0 in the constellation of Orion. Alnilam visual magnitude is 1.7, making it the 28th brightest star in the sky.
Star Facts: Alnilam - Type, Size, Color, & Distance - Astronomy Trek
Jul 12, 2017 · Alnilam (Epsilon Orionis) is a massive B-type blue supergiant star found in the Belt of Orion. With an average apparent visual magnitude of +1.69, it is the 4th brightest star in the constellation, the 29th brightest star in the entire night sky, and one of the 58 stars used in celestial navigation and identifying one’s relative positions.