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Alnilam

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Surface temperature27,000 K
Distance to Earth1,344 light years
Radius22. 541 million km
Distanceapprox. 2,000 ly; (approx. 600 pc)
Age5. 7 Myr
Did you knowε Orionis is the star's Bayer designation and 46 Orionis its Flamsteed designation.
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About Alnilam


Alnilam, designation ε Orionis, and 46 Orionis, is a large blue supergiant star some 2,000 light-years distant in the constellation of Orion. It is estimated to be 275,000 to 832,000 times as luminous as the Sun, and 30–64. 5 times as massive.

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