HIP 25930

E540371

HIP 25930 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Mintaka, a bright multiple star system that forms the westernmost star in Orion’s Belt.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
HIP 25930 canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hipparcos catalog star ⓘ
astronomical object ⓘ
star system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Delta Orionis ⓘ
Mintaka ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV about 2.23 ⓘ
BayerDesignation Delta Orionis ⓘ
belongsToCatalog Henry Draper Catalogue ⓘ
Hipparcos Catalogue ⓘ
colorIndexBMinusV about −0.20 ⓘ
componentOfAsterism Orion's Belt ⓘ
linked to: Orion Belt region
constellation Orion ⓘ
declination −00° 18′ (approx, J2000) ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 1,200 light-years ⓘ
about 360 parsecs ⓘ
effectiveTemperature about 30,000 K (primary) ⓘ
evolutionaryStage bright giant ⓘ
FlamsteedDesignation 34 Orionis ⓘ
galacticPopulation thin disk ⓘ
hasBinaryComponent Mintaka Aa-Ab ⓘ
linked to: Mintaka
hasComponent Mintaka A ⓘ
linked to: Mintaka

Mintaka B ⓘ
linked to: Mintaka

Mintaka C ⓘ
linked to: Mintaka

Mintaka D ⓘ
linked to: Mintaka
hasEquatorialCoordinates true ⓘ
hasStellarWind strong ⓘ
HDNumber HD 36486 ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility both hemispheres ⓘ
HRNumber HR 1852 ⓘ
isBrightStar true ⓘ
locatedNearCelestialEquator true ⓘ
luminosity over 100,000 times solar luminosity (primary) ⓘ
massOfPrimaryComponent about 20 solar masses ⓘ
massOfSecondaryComponent about 8 solar masses ⓘ
multipleStarSystem true ⓘ
orbitalPeriodOfEclipsingPair about 5.73 days ⓘ
parallax about 2.8 milliarcseconds ⓘ
partOfMilkyWay true ⓘ
positionInOrionsBelt westernmost star ⓘ
radialVelocity about +16 km/s ⓘ
rightAscension 05h 32m (approx, J2000) ⓘ
spectralClassOfPrimary O9.5II ⓘ
spectralType O9.5II (primary component) ⓘ
usedAsNavigationStar true ⓘ
variabilityType eclipsing binary (primary subsystem) ⓘ
visibleToNakedEye true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mintaka → catalogIdentifier → HIP 25930 ⓘ
V* del Ori → catalogDesignation → HIP 25930 ⓘ
HR 1852 → hasHIPDesignation → HIP 25930 ⓘ
HD 36486 → hasHIPDesignation → HIP 25930 ⓘ