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A yellow star, somewhat more massive than the
Sun, that falls a little to the west of Orion's Belt.
In fact, it is much closer to Earth than even the nearest of
Orion's belt-stars. The nearest
of those three is Alnitak, more than 730
light years away. By comparison, p Orionis is just 195
light years from the
Solar System, approximately a quarter of the distance.
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