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Saiph
Saiph, or κ Orionis (kappa Orionis) is the sixth-brightest star in the constellation of Orion.
The name is from the Arabic saif al jabbar, sword of the giant.
- right ascension: 05 h 47 m 45.4 s
- declination: -09° 40' 11"
- visual magnitude: 2.06
- colour: (B-V) -0.17
- spectral type: B0.5Ia (bright blue supergiant; 26,000 kelvin)
- distance: 720 +/- 120 light years
- diameter: 11 Solar diameters
- mass: approximately 15-17 Solar masses
- Harvard Revised (HR) 2004.
- Henry Draper (HD) 38771.
- Flamsteed: 53 Orionis
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