Rigel Card

Category:Special Items
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==Other Uses==
Used in Special Events: Starlight Celebration
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==How to Obtain==
===Special Event===
:*Starlight Celebration (Christmas 2005 Event)
==Historical Background==
During Starlight Celebration Event (for Christmas 2005), there were 7 Rare Christmas cards that could be obtained. They were: Aldebaran Card, Betelgeuse Card, Canopus Card, Capella Card, Pleiades Card, Rigel Card, Sirius Card. All of these cards are named after some of the brightest stars in the night sky and most of which are visible in the evening hours in December. Most of the stars form the Winter Hexagon asterism, a giant hexagon formed from the brighest stars around at that time of year (Aldebaran, Capella, Pollux, Procyon, Rigel, Sirius). Procyon and Pollux are not included in these cards. Most of the stars form the Summer Hexagon in the Southern Hemisphere, with Canopus replacing Capella.
Rigel (Beta Orionis) is a star in the Orion constellation (the hunter). Despite its designation (Beta), it is actually the brightest star in the Orion constellation. Rigel is a star of spectral type B8 (blue) and is located 778 ly from the Sol system. It is one of the brightest stars in the nighttime winter sky. It is also 1 of 6 stars making up the Winter Hexagon asterism (the others are Aldebaran, Capella, Pollux, Procyon, Sirius). Rigel's name originates as a contraction of the star's Arabic name, Rijl jauza al-yusra, meaning "left foot of the central one".