Rho Orionis

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title: Rho Orionis
text: Rho Orionis, Latinised from ρ Orionis, is the Bayer designation for an orange-hued binary star system in the equatorial constellation of Orion. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.44. The star shows an annual parallax shift of 9.32 mas due to the orbital motion of the Earth, which provides a distance estimate of roughly 350 light-years from the Sun. It is moving away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +40.5 km/s. About 2.6 million years ago, Rho Orionis mad
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description: Binary star system in the constellation Orion
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date modified: 2023-08-13T03:42:51Z
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