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3 total sentences available.
The apparent brightness of our Sun is much greater than that of the star Rigel in the constellation Orion because it is so close to us. However, if both objects were placed at the same distance from us, Rigel would appear much brighter than our Sun because its absolute brightness is much larger.
Source: tatoeba (6294067)
Rigel is a supergiant blue star with a diameter more than 80 times that of our Sun and is more than 650 light years away from us.
Source: tatoeba (12357852)
Connect Sirius, the Gemini twins, Capella, Aldebaran, Rigel, and then back to Sirius, and you have completed the Great Hexagon!
Source: tatoeba (12366478)
Closest matches include beta orionis.
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