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Forming the easternmost 'foot' of Orion in the night sky, Saiph is an immense and hot blue star of the supergiant type. Like many of the stars of Orion, it is distant from the Solar System, lying more than 600 light years from Earth.
Kruger 60 A V2306 Ophiuchi w Carinae DO Cephei Koit Mekbuda x Carinae s Velorum A La Superba YZ Ceti Struve 2398 A ο1 Cygni Struve 2398 B Polis Sharjah Miram Koeia Pincoya Poerava Nashira θ Hydrae π Cephei β Reticuli Alkaphrah Cerberus AX Microscopii b Velorum 41 Draconis Acubens Adhafera a Velorum Guniibuu GX Andromedae HD 37131 Nosaxa Copernicus Felixvarela FL Virginis Gakyid ι1 Scorpii Kapteyn's Star HR 5546 Dombay e Aquilae Ebla Erakis ε Indi Rastaban WX Ursae Majoris Zaniah Schedar δ Caeli BF Orionis Betelgeuse Arneb τ Ceti Enif Ran Alchiba Almaaz α Telescopii δ Pavonis β Pictoris Gliese 536 δ Circini 19 Cygni δ Andromedae Castor B Antares Polaris χ Cygni ν2 Canis Majoris π5 Orionis Suhail Alnitak Alnilam ε Reticuli Lalande 18115 Proxima Centauri Tarazed Capella 14 Persei 15 Orionis Canopus BZ Crucis HR 7687 Tureis Saiph Azmidi UV Ceti γ Pavonis Menkar Alfirk Mirfak Aspidiske θ Circini ο Capricorni B η Carinae Unurgunite Avior Atria Hatysa U Sagittarii Mira Sadr EE Leonis HO Librae σ Orionis Wolf 359 Sham Wezen Sirius B Sirius W Virginis Naos Deneb ρ Cygni Achird β Doradus Ross 154 Rigel van Maanen's Star α Centauri A 61 Cygni A 61 Cygni B Sargas Mebsuta Teegarden's Star Wolf 498
Saiph
Hertzprung-Russell diagram plotting the temperature and luminosity of Saiph (marked by the red circle) relative to other stars.
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