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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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, 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 …

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 …