Star Charts · Chapter 5 · Beta Quadrant
5.4 Rigel (Beta Rigel)
The Beta Rigel system is notable for its high percentage of inhabited planets (six of ten, four of them Class-M), shares its name with the "true" Rigel (Beta Orionis), and is charted here with all ten planets and their comparative sizes.
System chart of Rigel (Beta Rigel) showing the primary and its ten planets, comparative sizes of the planets, and the route of Redjac (Beratis).
BETA RIGEL, like Deneb Kaitos, is remarkable for its high percentage of inhabited planets (six out of a total of 10, four of which are Class-M). Also, like Deneb, it shares its name with another star system: the "true" Rigel, Beta Orionis, is a bright blue binary star 773 light-years from Sol.
Beta Rigel
- Name of Primary: Beta Rigel
- Type: Single
- Spectral Class: A5V
- Absolute Magnitude: 6.2
- Number of Planets: 10
- Inhabited Planets: 6
- Other: Asteroid belt
- I: Class-B
- II: Class-M
- III: Class-F
- IV: Class-M
- V: Class-M
- VI: Class-M
- VII: Class-J
- VIII: Class-J
- IX: Class-H
- X: Class-P