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Rigel Astr.|ˈraɪdʒəl, ˈraɪgəl| Also 8 regel. [a. Arab. rijl foot.] The star β in the constellation Orion.
1592Hues Treat. Globes (Hakl. Soc.) 59 That which is in his left foote..[is called] Rigel Algeuze or Algibbar. 1659Moxon Tutor Astron. ii. 66 Orions foot, Rigel. 1764Ann. Reg. i. 47/2 To the east of Rigel, a star of the first magnitude in the left foot of Orion. 1840Penny Cycl. XVII. 18/1, α and β, of the first magnitude, were frequently called Betelguese..and Rigel, corruptions from Arabic names. 1868Lockyer Guillemin's Heavens (ed. 3) 323 Two of the stars of the quadrilateral, named Betelgeuse and Rigel, are of the first magnitude. |