Rigel, the brightest star in Orion's constellation, is over 70 times larger than our Sun in radius and shines with 120,000 times the Sun's luminosity, demonstrating the vast differences in stellar properties among stars in our galaxy.
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Our star the Sun compared to Rigel #space #sun #astronomyAdded:
Our star, the sun, is 1.4 million kilometers in diameter.
Yet, the sun is just a small dwarf compared to [music] the brightest star in the constellation of Orion, Rigel.
Rigel is enormous. It is over 70 times the sun's radius [music] and 120,000 times brighter.
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