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A star in the winter sky : Rigel
Rigel is the brightest star in the constellation Orion. It is ranked as the seventh brightest star in the night sky.
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A star in the winter sky : Mintaka
Mintaka is the westernmost of the three stars of Orion’s belt, that is the marker of the northern night sky during the winter.
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A star in the winter sky : Mekbuda
The star Mekbuda, in the constellation of Gemini, is a pulsating star. Its pulsating nature allows researchers to obtain more information from it than from a non-variable star.
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A star in the winter sky : Procyon A
Procyon A (in the constellation of Canis Minor) was one of the first solar-type variable stars ever discovered.
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