Mintaka

Mintaka, the right most star in Orion's Belt. Mintaka (also called Delta Orionis) is a binary star system that makes up the first star in Orion's Belt, and the primary of the Mintaka system. (TNG: "Who Watches The Watchers") ...

The name derives from the Arabic: Al Mintakah meaning "The Belt". The name is appropriate to the star's position as the westernmost star of Orion's belt. With this position the star is the first star of the belt to be seen as Orion rises.

Mintaka, the western star in Orion's belt, is a wide, bright double star that seems tailor made for binoculars. Most binoculars will unveil a 2nd-magnitude primary paired with a 6th-magnitude companion.

MINTAKA Mintaka (Delta Orionis) is the uppermost and faintest of the three major stars that form belt of Orion, a constellation in the Northern Hemisphere (the other two stars in the belt ate Alnitak and Alnilam).

Mintaka One of the three stars in Orion's belt, and the star along whose line of sight interstellar gas was first spectroscopically detected. Minute of Arc ...

delta Ori, Mintaka (arab.: upper end of the girdle), a blue-white star of 2.2 mag with a 7th mag companion. iota Ori, a 3rd mag and a 7th mag star forming an unequal double; in the same field the wider double ...

Orion's belt, Mintaka at right, Alnilam in the center, and Alnitak at left, runs through the middle of the picture.

85 Mintaka [Mentaka, Mintika]: minţaqa[h] Belt (west end) * (46/ε Ori) 1.69 Alnilam [Alnihan, Alnitam]: an-niz̧ām The arrangement [of pearls] * (50/ζ Ori) - double 1.74, 4.21 Alnitak [Alnitah]: ...

From the northern hemisphere, the three bright stars (Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka) in a straight line that form Orion's Belt are easily visible on the southern horizon in winter evenings.

The three stars of the belt - Zeta, Epsilon and Delta Orionis - are called Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka. The names Alnitak and Mintaka both come from the Arabic word meaning ‘the belt' or ‘girdle'.

The constellation's main feature is of course the three stars which form the "belt" across the middle of Orion: from west to east Mintaka, Alnilam, and Alnitak. Even the Bible makes reference to this famous group.

Orion Belt Stars - Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka The Flame Nebula in Infrared LL Ori and the Orion Nebula ...

It is the 30th brightest star in the sky (the 4th brightest in Orion) and as a blue-white supergiant it is one of the most luminous stars known. Together with Mintaka (Delta Orionis) and Alnitak (Zeta Orionis), ...

Astronomy Constellations - Orion - 34del Ori (Mintaka) Identification Data Common Name ...

Mintaka and Alnitak were "pata" - a word that means "to restrain" - that held the thief down. Betelgeuse, Bellatrix, Rigel, and Saiph were four vultures sent to punish the thief by circling around him forever.

Mintaka Delta Orionis Mira Omicron Ceti Mirach Beta Andromedae Miram Eta Persei Mirfak Alpha Persei Mirzam Beta Canis Majoris Misam Kappa Persei Mizar Zeta Ursae Majoris Mothallah Alpha Trianguli Muliphein Gamma Centauri, Gamma Canis Majoris ...

Alnitak (Zeta Orionis) is a star at the eastern end of the Orion's belt (in the constellation Orion). Alnitak means belt. Alnitak is spectral Type O9.7Ib. It is also known as Alnitah. The other two stars in Orion's belt are Alnilam and Mintaka.

See also: Star, Orion, Sky, Second, Constellation