Star
Saiph
Saiph is a blue-white star 647 light-years away, seen as it was 647 years ago, shining 5 096 times as bright as the Sun.
A blue supergiant at the south-eastern corner of Orion's main quadrangle. It is smaller and less luminous than Rigel but hotter at its surface.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Distance
- 647 light-years
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 2.07
- Spectral type
- B0.5Iavar
- Catalogue
- HIP 27366
See it from here
Bright enough to see with your own eyes from a dark place.
How the map draws it
Drawn as a point of light, sized by how bright it looks from where you are — the kind of thing, not this exact one.