Mintaka (Delta Orionis; d Ori)

One of the three stars forming the belt of Orion. At magnitude 2.2, it is the seventh-brightest star in the constellation. It is actually an eclipsing binary and varies in brightness by 0.1 magnitude in a period of 5.7 days. There is also a seventh magnitude visual companion. The primary star is a supergiant O star. Mintaka, a name of Arabic origin, means "the belt".