STAR
Bellatrix
Description:	B2III blue star
Affiliation:	Independent
Location:	Bellatrix sector, Gamma Orionis sector block, Beta Quadrant
Distance from Sol:	240 ly
Constellation:	Orion constellation
Bayer system name:	Gamma Orionis
Flamsteed system name:	24 Orionis

Bellatrix, or Gamma Orionis, was a star with an associated system located in the Bellatrix sector of the Gamma Orionis sector block, in the Beta Quadrant in Federation space (STO video game: Star Trek Online, ST reference: Star Charts).

LocationEdit

Bellatrix consisted of only a single B class blue star, which had a brightness of magnitude −3 (ST reference: Star Trek Maps, ST reference: Star Charts).

Bellatrix, along with Kessik and FGC-82659, was one of three points in space that defined the boundaries of the Delta Triangle (SCE eBook: Where Time Stands Still, ST reference: Star Charts).

DetailsEdit

The Federation starship USS Bellatrix was named for this location (ST reference: Star Fleet Technical Manual).

There was an Orion settlement on Bellatrix V (VOY video game: Elite Force).

The Bellatrix system was not a member of the Federation (ST reference: Star Charts).

PlanetsEdit

• Bellatrix V

AppendicesEdit

BackgroundEdit

Some information about the real-life characteristics of Gamma Orionis are derived from modern astronomy, as described on the Wikipedia page for this topic. It has the stellar classification B2III, and is visible from Earth in the constellation of Orion, 240 light-years distant.

In VOY episode: "Relativity", Kathryn Janeway identifies "Bellatrix" as an Arabic name, although the word is actually Latin.

ConnectionsEdit

ReferencesEdit

• VOY episode: "Relativity"

External linksEdit

• Bellatrix article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• Bellatrix article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.