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Alpha Cygni variables

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Rigel is a blue supergiant star in the equatorial constellation of Orion. It has the Bayer designation β Orionis, which is Latinized to Beta Orionis and abbreviated Beta Ori or β Ori. Rigel is the brightest and most massive componentand the eponymof a star system of at least four stars that appear as a single blue-white point of light to the naked eye. This system is located at a distance of approximately .

Deneb () is a blue supergiant star in the constellation of Cygnus. It is the brightest star in the constellation and the 19th brightest in the night sky, with an apparent magnitude slightly varying between +1.21 and +1.29. Deneb is one of the vertices of the asterism known as the Summer Triangle and the "head" of the Northern Cross. Its Bayer designation is α Cygni, which is Latinised to Alpha Cygni, abbreviated to Alpha Cyg or α Cyg.

Alnilam is the central star of Orion's Belt in the equatorial constellation of Orion. It has the Bayer designation ε Orionis, which is Latinised to Epsilon Orionis and abbreviated Epsilon Ori or ε Ori. This is a massive, blue supergiant star some 1,250 light-years distant. It is estimated to be 270,000 times as luminous as the Sun, and 28 times as massive.

star in the constellation of Puppis

Eta Canis Majoris

star in the constellation Canis Major

Alpha Cygni variable

type of variable star

Omicron2 Canis Majoris

star in the constellation Canis Major

Kappa Cassiopeiae

star in the constellation Cassiopeia

star in the constellation Leo

star in the constellation Orion

star in the constellation Cepheus

CS Camelopardalis

binary star in the constellation Camelopardalis

star in the constellation Norma

star in the constellation Dorado

star in the constellation Cassiopeia

CE Camelopardalis

star in the constellation Camelopardalis

naked-eye variable star in the constellation Carina

star in the constellation Carina

star in the constellation Carina

star in the constellation Crux

variable star in the constellation Cepheus

star in the constellation Crux

star in the constellation Cygnus

star in the constellation Perseus

star in the constellation Dorado