Rigel has a radius of about 78 solar radii or 0.363 AU.
Betelgeuse is larger in size than Rigel. Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star with a diameter about 800 times that of the Sun, while Rigel is a blue supergiant star with a diameter about 70 times that of the Sun.
Rigel: 71 solar radiiAntares: 883 solar radii.So Antares is over twelve times larger than Rigel.See related link for a pictorial of the difference (Section 5).
Rigel is a triple star system.
The Rigel star is a star in the Orion constellation. Rigel is the brightest star in the Orion constellation, and it is the seventh brightest star seen in the night's sky.
Rigel is the brightest star in the constellation Orion and the sixth brightest star.It has a radius of 78 times that of our Sun.You could therefore fit about 474,552 Suns inside Rigel.See related link for a pictorial difference.
Rigel is a blue supergiant star with a radius about 78 times larger than the Sun. If we assume that Earth's radius is 1/100th of the Sun's radius, then you could fit about 608,400 Earths inside Rigel.
Betelgeuse is larger in size than Rigel. Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star with a diameter about 800 times that of the Sun, while Rigel is a blue supergiant star with a diameter about 70 times that of the Sun.
Rigel: 71 solar radiiAntares: 883 solar radii.So Antares is over twelve times larger than Rigel.See related link for a pictorial of the difference (Section 5).
Rigel is a triple star system.
The Rigel star is a star in the Orion constellation. Rigel is the brightest star in the Orion constellation, and it is the seventh brightest star seen in the night's sky.
Rigel is the brightest star in the constellation Orion
The radius/diameter of Rigel is about 78 solar Radii.That is a radius of about 5.45 x 1010 meters or 0.363 AU.That is about the distance of Mercury from the Sun (0.387 AU)!Diameter of Rigel = 10.90 x 1010 m or 0.726 AU
Rigel B is also a blue-white star but, unlike Rigel A, it is a main sequence star.
Rigel is the brightest star in the constellation Orion and the sixth brightest star.It has a radius of 78 times that of our Sun.You could therefore fit about 474,552 Suns inside Rigel.See related link for a pictorial difference.
Rigel has a radius which is 79 times as large as the sun - so that its volume is half a million times as great. The Rigel's effective temperature is 12100 K compared to the sun's 5778 K : about 2.1 times as hot.
Rigel is a blue-white star, while Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star.
Rigel by far.