Na’ir al Saif, Hatsya, Hatysa in Becvar, 44 Orionis, BD-06 1241, FK5 209, HD 37043, HIP 26241, HR 1899, SAO 132323.
Iota Orionis (ι Ori, ι Orionis) is a star in the equatorialconstellation of Orion the hunter. The apparent visual magnitude of Iota Orionis is 2.77,[2] making it the eighth brightest member of Orion. It is the brightest star in an asterism known as Orion's sword. Iota Orionis has the traditional names Hatsya or Hatysa[7][8] and in Arabic, Na’ir al Saif, which means simply "the Bright One of the Sword."[9] From parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of roughly 1,330 light-years (410 parsecs) from Earth.[1]
Iota Orionis is a quadruple system dominated by a massive spectroscopic binary with an eccentric (e=0.764), 29-day orbit. The binary is composed of a stellar class O9 III star (blue giant) and a class B0.8 III/IV star, with the secondary being about 2 magnitudes fainter.[3] The collision of the stellar winds from this pair makes the system a strong X-ray source. Oddly, the two objects of this system appear to have different ages, with the secondary being about double the age of the primary. In combination with the high eccentricity of their orbit, this suggests that the binary system was created through a capture, rather than by being formed together and undergoing a mass transfer. This capture may have occurred, for example, through an encounter between two binary systems.[3]
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^ abcdefghijBagnuolo, William G., Jr.; et al. (June 2001), "ι Orionis-Evidence for a Capture Origin Binary", The Astrophysical Journal, 554 (1): 362–367, Bibcode:2001ApJ...554..362B, doi:10.1086/321367{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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^Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern Star Names. Sky Publishing. p. 62. ISBN1931559449. {{cite book}}: Invalid |display-authors=Kunitzsch and Smart (help) Kunitzsch traces the name to Becvar's Atlas Coeli (1951), where it appeared as "Hatysa", but was unable to find an older source.
