Rigel: The Brightest Star in Orion Constellation

[@OPEvers]

Great video. NO clickbait title, straight to the info, well presented.

[@leandromantovani4282]

Rigel it’s quite easy to find and look at due to its location at Orion. I think that the Orion’s Belt is what makes it so easy to find as being a pretty peculiar group of stars.

[@pangeaproxima3681]

ok, ok..that's what she already said.

[@yobtnirp3D]

Orion belt doesn’t look real tbh

[@stephencaldwell1475]

My first Weimaraner's name. He was a dufus, but a good pup!

[@Jee2024IIT]

Orion is my love. I don't know why I feel connected to it somehow m

[@leandromantovani4282]

@@pangeaproxima3681 ow Im sorry to disappoint you and apologize by thousands apologies . I didn’t see it coming. I thought i lt wasn’t demanded to say something new other than what’s already known by thr civilization . U hope i wont be arrested because of that.

[@astrotherapist]

I am teaching an online course on the subjects of Astronomy & Astrophotography for beginners. I have subscribed to your channel so I can use your videos to assist in teaching my students all about the night sky. I use Stellarium often both on my PC and my phone. It's an amazing tool to help people get familiar with objects in the night sky! Thank you so much for making your wonderful videos!

[@Boxxkarr]

Do you know about the "37" asterism on Orion's elbow above Beetlegeuse? Look it up, it is a fun thing to photograph in Orion!

[@jonathanxu6625]

Great video and thank you for the introduction of Stellarium.

[@MrKotBonifacy]

0:55 - it's "ten thousand Kelvins", not "degrees Kelvin". A common mistake, and frankly I have no idea why they decided to drop that "degree" part from this thermal scale but they did it anyway. So, it's "Kelvins".

[@learnthesky]

Thank you for the clarification 😊

[@manugarciazu5273]

I like your voice, I understand almost all without lowering speed of the video nor subtitles, you are also my english teacher. Greetings from Ciudad de México.

[@Astronurd]

Thanks Janine . I often split Rigel to confirm the seeing conditions are good for a given night.

[@BogWraith1]

Love what you're doing with the channel. I also want to thank you for closing each video with the line "Keep Looking Up!" That made Jack Horkheimer a household name. I miss him very much and I know he'd love what you're doing too!

[@learnthesky]

Thank you for your message. As a 90’s kid, I only learned about Jack Horkheimer when someone mentioned him in comments. I started watching his stuff on YT and I would have loved this as a kid. For me, I love the double meaning of “Keep looking up”…every time I go outside, I immediately look up to see what’s out, but is also a state of mind.

[@jiggsborah7041]

Thanks. I have been using Stellarium software since around 2009. I find it very easy to use and I have learned to use it as a tool to help me with fixing historical events like the battle of Actium and others that occurred around solar eclipses

[@pangeaproxima3681]

ok, ok...now we know.

[@jiggsborah7041]

@@pangeaproxima3681..jesus. Facebook followed us to KZbin. What happened.??

[@MichaelWinter-ss6lx]

I found it in 2006.

[@pastorpringles7674]

Fantastic video. I love observing this star, as it is super easy and a nice wayward point. I didn't know about the Witch Head, however, so I'll be sure to spot it out.

[@jcwdog]

Thank you so much. Your videos are always so educational and well explained and thought out. Just wonderful. Thank you for the link to Stellarium. Be well and take care.

[@ncj2904]

Thank you for your great work ☮️💚

[@13ECHO20]

Great video. Thanks for not using the computer animated narration.

[@PrairieScopes]

Thanks Janine. I do really like these videos.

[@1starvingitalian]

WOW another great video, thank you for the simplicity of the explanation

[@james-zl4il]

Love your videos. You're a great teacher and explain things in a very understandable way. Thanks

[@brigitteludwig4572]

Thank you and be blessed

[@kevanhubbard9673]

Just saw Rigel tonight while I was walking back but not so well due to thin cloud it had to punch through, light pollution and the 70 percent lit Moon.I didn't realise that Rigel was a multiple star but then most of them are and our Sun would appear to be in a minority.

[@darkguardian1314]

Rigel is over 800 Light-years away. If it recently goes nova, it will be hundreds of years before we would know. Same for Betelgeuse.

[@AgentSmith-w8s]

Brilliant channel,many thanks for the education.

[@handsfree1000]

Rigel is in the same galactic arm as our solar system. It would be cool to have a 3d map of the stars

[@MagnificoGiganticus]

Orion is my go-to for orientation.

[@Causemoi]

3:30 For our learners of English as a second language, she should have said either 'easiest' or 'most easy,' but not 'most easiest.'

[@dogthewalker8071]

But which of the two is more better?

[@grrcat2235]

Thanks for another great vid 👍 your production quality has taken a nice natural step forward in case you did not realise, well done 👏👏

[@learnthesky]

Thank you for saying that. I’ve been working hard to step up the quality. I’m glad someone noticed.

[@florencegreen3146]

Thank you, Now I also live in the north hemisphere and I love to look at the stars, before i live in the south hemisphere , i could reconoise some constelations, here is harder. I see a big and luminous star in the direction on rigel to the left all winter and summer but i cant identified it.

[@apextroll]

Likely Sirius.

[@aamirrazak3467]

Thank you for such an informative video, I always enjoy learning more about astronomy and the stars and cosmos.

[@jackieblank4249]

I love these videos MS. Janine. Next there is m42 u know the famous Orion nebula. Clear sky's to all.

[@learnthesky]

I am working on a video for M42.

[@leondelucas6093]

Thank you so much I have learnt a lot from your videos, great work thanks.

[@alessandradesouza4092]

Amazing video and images

[@eddiegaltek]

Rigel is my favourite star; from when I was a boy and got my first astronomy book.

[@philhogan5623]

In the southern hemisphere Orion is often called the big saucepan.

[@nigelconnor6960]

Thank, great 👍

[@abrahamcastellanos3281]

It was a fantastic explanation about Rigel Star.

[@albertsteele1101]

Really cool! Thanks

[@kush2075]

I love your videos keep up the good work ❤

[@s.t.-ck2zs]

Thank You !

[@StevenRud]

Thank you very much for uploading this tremendously well made video, really well done, love it!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😎✌🏻

[@caseyvillemodelrailroad3877]

This time of year about 5 in the morning Orion is low to the west from Wasaga Beach Ont. Canada. Nicknamed him Star Man.Thanks for the morning coffee...

[@DublinSeafoodInc]

great work here. we want more!

[@gregmarcou1705]

I'm from Michigan and your picture's are my perspective and yes I can find Rigel

[@stellarsub-orbital9922]

Yet another amazing video

[@blair2798]

This video is a treat. Enjoy the commentary.

[@buffalorick5598]

Rigel is a young star. Compared with Betelgeuse, a “red” star that is old and will soon explode. Considered red even though it’s more orange like.

[@learnthesky]

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[@adamus]

It’s just nice to hear a real voice

[@victorinosparkajen9405]

Im Curious about seasonal objects in the sky, especially since im in Hawaii. Orion is visible year round, i guess cuz im so close to the equator. Polaris is hidden behind the mountain year round and the entire little Dipper is maybe 3 or 4 fists above the horizon if im on the north shore. I've never thought about seasonality for space objects.

[@learnthesky]

Yes, since you are so close to the equator, you can definitely see constellations for a lot longer than those in higher latitudes. And yes, depending on where you live on the islands, tall mountains can frequently obscure the stars. I know that was the case for me when I lived in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island.

[@daytoncostlow2578]

Great video.

[@sudantarescosmonautics9422]

I really like the tale of Orion and the Scorpion, and the named one with the 7 sisters.

[@infinite_cosmos284]

wow👍

[@stgonechild]

Thanks

[@studentjohn]

Rigel is an old friend, but I never realised Rigel B was a spectroscopic binary!

[@ciscocisco6119]

🔥 beautiful works in thr constellation of Orion planet 9 is and also beetlejuice 🔥seek the maker of Orion and the seven stars 🔥 YESHUA OF NAZARETH 🔥 thank you for sharing GB 🕊️🔥

[@bearlemley]

My second child, my only son is named Rigel after this system

[@rsk496]

I remain thrilled and amazed by the Winter Triangle this time of year ( in the Northern Hemisphere,Betelgeuse Procyon Sirius) . It seems no one else is very interested in this dominate and enchanting piece of the night sky. How about it Learn the Sky? It deserves your "stellar" treatment

[@rodrigowettstein5655]

I have a beautiful poem, The Acrobats, from one of the most important romantitc brazilian poet Vinicius de Moraes. Ready? " (...) Above beyond, let us go up! / With the physical possession of our arms / We will inexorably climb / The great oceans of stars / Through thousands of years of light. (...) And when, / Above, there / Beyond, farther than over beyond / Farther than Betelgeuse's veil / After Altair's country / On God's brain / In a last impetus / Freed from the spirit (...) "

[@robthomas3664]

So, which one will go first, Rigel or Betleguise?

[@learnthesky]

I wish I knew.

[@jovetj]

Stellarium is awesome!

[@brucesmith9144]

As a point of clarity, only Rigel-A is a super giant blue star which will one day go to a supernova phase. The three remaining stars are main sequence stars which will progress to a different end of life right?

[@learnthesky]

Yes. Those blue main sequence stars are not big enough to go supernova. They will most likely turn into giant stars, then planetary nebulae, then white dwarfs.

[@Astronurd]

Are you a parrot.

[@theodoreroberts3407]

If Rigel was to go nova in our lifetime, what would be the effect on the other two stars? Could we see it?

[@countschad]

"Here's the eyes..."

[@DaManRigel]

❤❤❤

[@dennisammann9104]

If Rigel has depleted its H & He, why is it still White-Blue and not Orange like Betelgeuse? 🤔✨

[@learnthesky]

It’s because of its temperature. Rigel is much hotter at 12000 Kelvin, giving it a predominantly white color. Betelgeuse is cooler at 3600 Kelvin making it more reddish in color.

[@dennisammann9104]

@@learnthesky Thank you very much for answering my question. Temperature is the key. 😀👍✨ You rate 5 stars with me. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@SmokerFace12]

I can now locate it, I could only ever spot beetlejuice because of Orions belt. So this one is now easy too

[@AmatureAstronomer]

Neat.

[@susanjarmon930]

Rigel is my favorite stor

[@MichaelWinter-ss6lx]

OK, you showed Sirius and how to find him from Orion. Why didn't you show on to the other side, to Taurus? Or the Pleijades inbetween.

[@giorgiobarchiesi5003]

To easily identify Rigel: in the Orion constellation, spot Betelgeuse, which is easy to recognise because it’s bright and reddish; then spot the Orion’s belt, the three stars in the middle; finally, opposite Betelgeuse, you have Rigel.

[@LateNightCigars]

Rigel, the foot of the giant. the name comes from Arabic, however Rigel in Arabic means leg.

[@woody4077]

here at 43 n i only get a few short months to view it

[@dogthewalker8071]

1:01 Same with me.

[@theccpisaparasite8813]

.... if it's still blue it isn't fusing heavier elements

[@derciferreira2523]

Is Orion upside down in the southern hemisphere ?

[@ngc-fo5te]

What do you think?

[@derciferreira2523]

@@ngc-fo5te I´m from southern hemisphere and we can only see the belt star because of light polution .

[@ngc-fo5te]

@derciferreira2523 If you can see the belt then you can surely see the brighter stars.

[@derciferreira2523]

@@ngc-fo5te Is it upside down or not?

[@ngc-fo5te]

@derciferreira2523 Seriously? Can't you figure this out from basic geometry? What do you think?

[@petergriffin383]

Orion is best in the northern hemi, he's upside down in the southern 😂

[@ElsonFernando78]

Orion is visible in the northern hemisphere. Not sure if I misunderstood what you said

[@dlim5687]

Good work! Suggestion: please credit the images that you use or obtain permission first.

[@KingfisherTalkingPictures]

Rigel & Betelgeuse are due for supernovae. The star in the sword already blew. Is that coincidence, or are they all from the same stellar nursery?

[@everettwalker9141]

If the universe is expanding rapidly, how is it possible for all the constellations to remain the same?

[@brenspin]

Space itself is expanding. The farther apart objects are the more space there is to expand between them leading to higher rates of motion. While the reasonably bright, notable stars we can see with our naked eyes range from about 5 to a few thousand lightyears distant, these distances are tiny relative to the vastness of the universe. The relative positions of stars in the sky/shape of constellations does change over time, but not enough to notice in a few human lifetimes. Simply put, all the stars we can see in the night sky are from our general vicinity of our very large Milky Way galaxy. Yet the Milky Way is merely an incredibly tiny speck in the universe.

[@lettybastien4624]

What’s up my Rigel?!?

[@phelliprd6659]

👍

[@hermitcard4494]

Hi. You're missing Canopus 😢

[@learnthesky]

I'm working on a video for that one.

[@TheNinjakat2010]

the picture of Orion is wrong... it's a bow and arrow he held.

[@kenmasters9203]

I had that weird dream about a month ago about something "unusuall" will happen after the sun eclipse. Any1 else have those...?

[@aterojane]

❤️

[@nico4132]

I can see betelgeus, 3stars and rigel everynight. betegeus small yellow dot

[@MisterTutor2010]

They have a Four Body Problem :)

[@yasminazkiya2569]

That's my friend's name...

[@rigelspast]

my name is rigel🤣

[@aterojane]

🧝🏻‍♀️

[@The_ready_guy]

It's funny how some westerners name their son rigel without naming it's means leg in arabic😂.

[@markbridden3265]

Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star SO LOOK AGAIN IT'S ORANGEY RED. SO IT CANNOT BE rigel.......

[@markbridden3265]

IT's Beetlejuice

[@ursaeminooris]

get over it ;-;

[@mesenteria]

REE Gull. Not 'rye gel.'

[@learnthesky]

I've heard it pronounced both ways.

[@bespoken2017]

fusion in the core eh? 🤣🤣🤣

[@Leptospirosi]

Poor Rigel demoted from Ree-Ghel to Ray-Jell🤦 English speaker can't pronounce literally anything right...

[@ursaeminooris]

you’ll live

[@mariapatriciachavez214]

❤❤❤

[@etyczneakwarium]

👍🏻