Blue supergiant

Rigel

Orion’s blue knee, shining about 120,000 times brighter than the Sun.

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Distance: 860 light years
Surface: 11,827 °C
Size: 79 × the Sun

Outer layers

H 73%
He 25%
O, C, Fe and heavier 2%

Glowing hydrogen plasma

Modelled from typical stellar abundances

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