Bellatrix, a blue supergiant of B2III spectral type, is one of the visible star by naked eye with a higher surface temperature, about 21,500 K. Its luminosity, including a significant amount of radiation emitted in the ultraviolet, is 6400 times greater than the Solar. Its current diameter is 5.7 times greater than solar, but within a few million years it will become an orange supergiant star. It is 240 light years from the Solar System.
In 1963, Bellatrix began to be used as a reference system to measure the magnitude of other stars; also in 1971, to measure B2III spectral types. However, in 1988, when making photometric measurements of the entire sky, it was discovered that, in reality, Bellatrix is a variable star of eruptive type, with a magnitude that oscillates between +1.59 and +1.64.
In the year 2011, photometric observations were made.
It has a declination of + 6º and it is located at 20º degrees of Gemini (-16º of celestial latitude).
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During Medieval era, the Arabs called it المرزم 'lion'. The name 'Bellatrix' means in Latin, 'female warrior'.
The quality of the star Bellatrix reminds the planets Mercury and Mars. It is related to activism, defined as the ability to mobilize and act to defend a particular social group, such as women, men, children, animals, minority groups, planet Earth, etc ... or to achieve a change, expressing arguments in favor or against.
Steven Spielberg, director of the movies "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984), "Schindler's List" (1993) and "Amistad" (1997), has Bellatrix in Gemini (12th Moon-Node House) in conjunction with Uranus, wich is in quincunx with Venus-Jupiter in Scorpio (8th Moon-Node House).
Vera Farmiga, actress of the movie "Source Code" (2011), has Bellatrix in Gemini (7th Moon-Node House) in trine with Uranus in Libra (3rd Moon-Node House).
Chloë Moretz, actress of the movies "Kick-Ass" (2009), "The Equalizer" (2014) and "The 5th Wave" (2016), has Bellatrix in Gemini (4th Moon-Node House) in trine with the Sun in Aquarius (8th Moon-Node House).
