Bellatrix

Hot blue giant on Orion's western shoulder. It balances Betelgeuse on the hunter's other side and is much hotter and bluer. Look for it while tracing Orion on a dark night.

Wikipedia

Gaia has no usable parallax for this star (common for bright multiples). Distance uses the Hipparcos parallax instead.

ID
HIP 25336
Distance
77.40 pc · 252.4 ly
Parallax
12.92 mas (Hipparcos)
Magnitude (G)
1.55
Color (BP-RP)
-
Radius
unknown
RA · Dec
81.28° · 6.35°