Definition of Alpha Orionis

1. Noun. The second brightest star in Orion.

Exact synonyms: Betelgeuse
Group relationships: Hunter, Orion
Generic synonyms: Supergiant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alpha Orionis

Alp protease
Alpen
Alpena
Alpers disease
Alpert syndrome
Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Alpestrine
Alpha Cen
Alpha Centauri
Alpha Centauri A
Alpha Centauri B
Alpha Centauri C
Alpha Crucis
Alpha Geminorum
Alpha Orionis (current term)
Alpha cells
Alpha tests
Alphard
Alpheratz
Alphonse
Alphonse Bertillon
Alphonse Capone
Alphonsine
Alphonso
Alpine
Alpine anemone
Alpine besseya
Alpine celery pine
Alpine enchanter's nightshade

Literary usage of Alpha Orionis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Stars: A Study of the Universe by Simon Newcomb (1906)
"The careful and long-continued measures of Gill show no parallax to Rigel, while Elkin finds one of only O".02 to Alpha Orionis. The general conclusion from ..."

2. Elements of Descriptive Astronomy: A Text-book by Herbert Alonzo Howe (1897)
"It is visible to the naked eye about six weeks, when near its maximum. 377. Class HI. —To this belong Alpha Orionis and Alpha Cassiopeia. ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1870)
"The spectrum exhibits a brilliant hydrogen ray, and also luminous bands, of which the principal correspond to dark bands in the spectrum of Alpha Orionis, ..."

4. The Command of Light: Rowland's School of Physics and the Spectrum by George Kean Sweetnam (2000)
"48 Soon after Anderson's work appeared, others published a study of the diameter of Alpha Orionis.49 Anderson was thus a facilitator, adapting a difficult ..."

5. The Friendly Stars by Martha Evans Martin (1907)
"... (Alpha Orionis) ......... 14 Alpha Crucis ..................... 1.05 Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri) .......... i .06 Pollux (Beta Geminorum) . ..."

6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1892)
"Of these, perhaps the most. remarkable are Mu Cephei (Sir William Herschel's “Garnet star”), Alpha Herculis, Alpha Orionis (Betelgeuse), and Beta r - - a is ..."

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