Mintaka Comparison Table

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Mintaka comparison table

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bright giant greater than 1000 Kelvin star II

O star O, B, A, and early F 35000 K very high blue-white He II rare 3 to 6 million years early star Very hot blue star, whose spectra is dominated by the lines of singly ionized helium (see Pickering series). (Most other lines are from at least doubly ionized elements, though H and He I lines are also present.) O stars are useful because they are found in dust clouds and virtually define the spiral arms.

Mintaka O9.5II Orion 35000 K bright giant very high blue-white He II rare 3 to 6 million years One of the three stars in Orion's belt, and the star along whose line of sight interstellar gas was first spectroscopically detected. II

Subject	has spectral type	is part of	has surface temperature	is an instance of	has rotation velocity	has color	has absorption line	has relative abundance	has lifetime	is a kind of	has definition	has luminosity class
bright giant			greater than 1000 Kelvin							star		II
O star	O, B, A, and early F		35000 K		very high	blue-white	He II	rare	3 to 6 million years	early star	Very hot blue star, whose spectra is dominated by the lines of singly ionized helium (see Pickering series). (Most other lines are from at least doubly ionized elements, though H and He I lines are also present.) O stars are useful because they are found in dust clouds and virtually define the spiral arms.
Mintaka	O9.5II	Orion	35000 K	bright giant	very high	blue-white	He II	rare	3 to 6 million years		One of the three stars in Orion's belt, and the star along whose line of sight interstellar gas was first spectroscopically detected.	II

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