Stars · Star in Orion
Star
Mintaka
The westernmost star of Orion’s Belt, and almost exactly on the celestial equator — it rises due east and sets due west, everywhere on Earth.
- Constellation
- Orion
- Designation
- δ Orionis
- Apparent magnitude
- 2.25 · 75th brightest star in the night sky
- Spectral class
- O9.5II
- Distance
- 692 light-years
- Position (J2000)
- RA 5h 32m · Dec −0° 18′
A blue bright giant, around 31,000 K. About 50× brighter than the faintest star the eye can see. The light you are seeing left around 1334.
Did you know
Being on the equator, it is visible from every inhabited place on Earth, and spends half its day above the horizon wherever you are.