In the night sky it can be found below and to the right of Mintaka, Alnilam, and Alnitak, which are in the same constellation.  
Approximately 1,100 light years distant from the Earth, it is 25,000 times as luminous.  In the night sky it can be found below and to the right of Mintaka, Alnilam, and Alnitak, which are in the same constellation.  It neighbors the Witch Head Nebula to which it lends a brilliant blue color, and this supergiant has a companion star of the sixth magnitude that also appears bluish-white in appearance.  Literally meaning "left foot of the giant," FTP, name this star ahead of Bellatrix and Betelgeuse as the brightest star in Orion.
Approximately 1,100 light years distant from the Earth, it is 25,000 times as luminous.  
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