[DOC] [TLE] Star Facts: The Basics of Star Names and Stellar Evolution [PAR] Dec 16, 2014 ... The second brightest star in a constellation is typically designated "beta," the ... 
for 272,150 stars and has been widely used of by the astronomical community for 
... The greater a star's mass, the shorter its lifespan generally is. [DOC] [TLE] Astronomical naming conventions - Wikipedia [PAR] The Bayer designations of about 1,500 brightest stars were first published in 
1603. ... alphabet, followed by the Latin name of its parent constellation. The 
Bayer designation uses the possessive form of a constellation's name, ... This led 
to a third iteration, where numeric superscripts were... [DOC] [TLE] Gemini (constellation) - Wikipedia [PAR] Gemini is one of the constellations of the zodiac. It was one of the 48 
constellations described by the 2nd century AD astronomer Ptolemy and it 
remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. Its name is Latin for "twins," 
and it is associated with the twins Castor and ... The brightest star in Gemini is 
Pollux, and the second brightest is Castor. [DOC] [TLE] Bayer designation - Wikipedia [PAR] A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified 
by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin 
name. The original list of Bayer designations contained 1,564 stars. Most of the 
brighter stars were assigned their first systematic names by the ... Bayer then 
repeated the procedure for the stars of the 2nd magnitude (those... [DOC] [TLE] Greek Letters [PAR] Greek letters are used in some star maps. ... in 1603 which introducted 
designating the brighter stars of each constellation by ... In a constellation the 
brightnest star is (Alpha), the second brightest (Beta) and so on. ... Processing - 
Software - Star Parties - Imaging the Sky - Portland Astronomy - Travels - Web 
Sites - Glossary. [DOC] [TLE] Naming of Astronomical Objects | IAU [PAR] At its inaugural meeting in 1922 in Rome, the IAU standardized the ... Planetary 
nomenclature, like terrestrial nomenclature, is used to uniquely identify a feature 
on ..... Alpha Geminorum (Castor) is only the second brightest star of the 
constellation. .... The designation of astronomical objects beyond the Solar 
System should... [DOC] [TLE] Rigel in Orion is blue-white | Brightest Stars | EarthSky [PAR] Jan 6, 2016 ... The star Rigel is easy to spot, in part because it's so bright and also because ... 
star in a constellation receives the designation Alpha, the second-brightest is 
Beta, and so on. This system isn't used for Orion's star, however. ... Rigel received 
the designation Beta Orionis from the German astronomer Johann... [DOC] [TLE] Pollux is the brighter Twin star | Brightest Stars | EarthSky [PAR] Mar 1, 2016 ... Being so close together in the sky, Pollux and its brother star Castor ... is normally 
reserved for the second-brightest star in a constellation. ... German astronomer 
Johann Bayer assigned the designation about 300 years ago. [DOC] [TLE] Orion - Crystalinks [PAR] Bellatrix, is the third brightest star in the constellation Orion and the ... Historically 
this star was used as a luminosity standard that astronomers could ... Although it 
has the Bayer designation "beta", it is almost always brighter than Alpha Orionis (
Betelgeuse). ... The star's name comes from its location at the "left foot" of Orion. [DOC] [TLE] Stargazing: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Who? - dummies [PAR] Star maps or astronomy guidebooks often list the names of stars in a seemingly ... 
The brightest star in any constellation is usually given the designation alpha, 
represented by the Greek letter , while the second brightest is beta, , and so on
. ... When a star is bright enough to be given its own Bayer letter, that Greek letter 
is... [DOC] [TLE] Free Astronomy Lesson 5 - Star Names and Brightness [PAR] Teaches the brightest stars and basic constellations seen in winter, along with 
explanations ... It's bright and there is nothing in the sky you can mistake it with. 
.... Rigel is

Question: It's used by astronomers to designate the second-brightest star in a constellation
Answer: beta