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
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 ...
Mintaka (Delta Orionis)
Bellatrix (Gamma Orionis)
Alnitak (Zeta Orionis) ...
MINTAKA
Mintaka (Delta Orionis) is the uppermost and faintest of the three major stars that form belt of Orion, a in the Northern Hemisphere (the other two stars in the belt ate and Alnilam).
a) Mintaka is intrinsically more luminous as it has a lower (more negative) value of absolute magnitude, -4.99 < -2.75.
b) Now to compare two stars' luminosities we can rewrite equation 4.5 to give:
LM/LS = 100(MS - MM)/5
so substituting in: ...
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'.
Named Stars: BETELGEUSE (Alpha Ori) RIGEL (Beta Ori) BELLATRIX (Gamma Ori) MINTAKA (Delta Ori) ALNILAM (Epsilon Ori) ALNITAK (Zeta Ori) Nair al Saif (Iota Ori) SAIPH (Kappa Ori) Meissa (Lambda Ori) Tabit (Pi 3 Ori) Tabit (Pi 2 Ori) Tabit (Pi 4 Ori) ...
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.
The three stars forming Orion's belt are [5977] delta, [5974] epsilon and [5975] zeta Orionis. [5977] delta Orionis or Mintaka ("region") is an eclipsing binary variable star system that consists of a large blue giant and an O-type white star.
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), ...
Named stars: Alpha Ori (Beteigeuze/Betelgeuse), Beta Ori (Rigel), Gamma Ori (Bellatrix), Delta Ori (Mintaka), Epsilon Ori (Alnilam), Zeta Ori (Alnitak)
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Pavo (Peacock) ...
Alnilam (ε Ori), Alnitak (ζ Ori), Bellatrix (γ Ori), Betelgeuse (α Ori), Meissa (λ Ori), Mintaka (δ Ori), Nair al Saif (ι Ori), Rigel (β Ori), Saiph (κ Ori).
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, Constellation, Second
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