"The star ""Bellatrix"", whose name comes from a Latin word meaning ""warrior"", can be found in which constellation?"
Bellatrix Bellatrix was also called the Amazon Star, which Richard Hinckley Allen proposed came from a loose translation of the Arabic name "Al Najīd", the Conqueror. A c.1275 Arabic celestial globe records the name as المرزم "the lion". Bellatrix is one of the four navigational stars in Orion that are used for celestial navigation. In Chinese, (), meaning "Three Stars (asterism)", refers to an asterism consisting of Bellatrix, Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka, Betelgeuse, Saiph and Rigel. Consequently, Bellatrix are known as (, ). In the 17th century catalogue of stars in the "Calendarium" of Al Achsasi al Mouakket, this star was designated
Bellatrix the B2 III type. The expected brightness of Bellatrix from this spectral type is about one magnitude brighter than calculated from its apparent magnitude and Hipparcos distance. Analysis of the observed characteristics of the star indicate that it should be a B2 main sequence star, not the giant that it appears from its spectral type. Close analysis of high resolution spectra suggest that it is a spectroscopic binary composed of two similar stars less luminous than a B2 giant. "Gamma Orionis" is the star's Bayer designation. The traditional name "Bellatrix" is Latin for "female warrior"; it first appeared in the