Estimated diameter110 billion m
579 billionToothbrushes
1.1 trillionSoftball circumferences
367Light-seconds
About 79 solar diameters
Photo from Wikimedia Commons
Rigel
A blue supergiant illuminating Orion's foot/Stars
Rigel is a blue supergiant star marking the lower-left foot of the constellation Orion. It is one of the most luminous stars in our region of the Milky Way, shining with roughly 120,000 times the luminosity of the Sun. Despite being about 860 light-years away, it is the seventh-brightest star in the night sky.
Measurements
Mass42 nonillion kg
9.3 octillionAmbulances
803 sextillionTitanics
About 21 solar masses
Luminosity47 nonillion W
38.8 sextillionFlux capacitors
47 sextillionNuclear reactors
47 octillionLeaf blowers
About 120,000 times solar luminosity
Effective surface temperature12,100 K
85.5 nonillionthsPlanck temperatures
41Room temperatures
Distance from Earth8.1 quintillion m
2.3 quintillionGazebo diameters
39.5 quadrillionSuez Canal widths
About 860 light-years