Meissa - Definition

Meissa, also known as λ Orionis or Heka, is a star in the constellation Orion. Meissa is a spectral type O star and is part of the Collinder 69 star cluster. It is a magnitude 3.4 star and its name is Arabic for 'the sparkling one'.

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