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Mark Fisher
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Alnitak
Zeta Orionis, 50 Orionis
The easternmost of the three stars that make up Orion's Belt, Alnitak is a binary. The primary is an O-type supergiant, one of the most luminous of star-types, meaning that shines as brightly as magnitude +1.7 despite being more than 800 light years away.
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