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Most of the stars in this image are in the far background relative to p Orionis, with a single exception. The brightest of the stars to the west (right) is HR 1782, a bright yellow main sequence star that lies in the near vicinity of p Orionis, and is just six light years closer to the Sun. Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas

A yellow star, somewhat more massive than the Sun, that falls a little to the west of Orion's Belt. In fact, it is much closer to Earth than even the nearest of Orion's belt-stars. The nearest of those three is Alnitak, more than 730 light years away. By comparison, p Orionis is just 188 light years from the Solar System, approximately a quarter of the distance.

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