What is Alnilam?
'''Alnilam''', also called '''Epsilon Orionis''', is a blue [[supergiant]] [[star]] and the central star of [[Orion's Belt]] in the [[constellation]] [[Orion (constellation)|Orion]]. It is 42 times the [[Sun]]'s diameter but over 800,000 times brighter.<ref>https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.09365</ref> It is over 400 [[parsec]]s or 1,300 [[light year]]s away.<ref>https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997A&A...323L..49P</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Stars]] [[Category:Supergiants]]