Rigel Is a Quadruple Star System!

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The star Rigel is one of the brightest in the night sky. It is actually a quadruple-star system! The main blue supergiant star Rigel A orbits around a barycenter with a triple star system that is much less bright.

Music: Mercury by Gustav Holst

Graphics: SpaceEngine

#spacelovers #rigel #outerspace #astronomy #spacefacts
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The star names are Rigel Aa (the one we see) Other ones are Rigel Ab, Rigel Ba and Rigel Bb

TeslaAstro
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Rigel(s) are definitely my favourite star other than the sun (because we would be dead without the sun)

mrnothin
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What is the names and types of star of the other 3 stars in the Rigel system?

mcalliope-
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Does this explain the great population in that volume of the Star Trek universe? LoL

greggweber