Rigel: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Changed “870” to “860.” Apr 29, 2025
Add new Web site: The Planets - Rigel Star: Facts About the Brightest Star of Orion the Hunter. Mar 03, 2025
Link added. Jun 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Jan 12, 2024
Add new Web site: The Nine Planets - Rigel (ẞ Orionis) Facts. Nov 24, 2023
Photograph of Rigel added. Aug 21, 2012
Article revised and updated. Feb 18, 2009
Added new Web site: National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Rigel. Jul 25, 2008
Added new Web site: Buzzle.com - Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. May 22, 2007
Added new Web site: The Fixed Stars - Rigel. May 22, 2007
Added new Web site: Stars - Rigel. May 22, 2007
Added new Web site: Space.com - Rigel: Orion's Brightest Star. May 22, 2007
Added new Web site: Science Museum - Brought to Life - Biography of Joseph Carey Merrick - the �Elephant Man�. May 22, 2007
Article revised and updated. Mar 09, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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