Rigel (disambiguation)

Rigel (disambiguation)

Rigel can mean:

* Rigel, a star in the constellation Orion
* "Rigel" (genus), the megalyrid wasp genus from Chile
* Rigel (rocket), the Argentinian sounding rocket
* MS Rigel, the Norwegian and German vessel
* A horse given to Judah Ben-Hur as a present in "Ben-Hur", novel and films
* "Rescue at Rigel", a computer role-playing game
* Henri-Joseph Rigel, a German-born French composer

Unrelated but similar

* Rigil Kentaurus (Alpha Centauri), a star unrelated to the star Rigel
* Rygel, the Farscape character


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