BELLATRIX

BELLATRIX, in Astronomy, a ruddy glittering star of the second magnitude, in the left shoulder of Orion. It takes its name from bellum, as being anciently supposed to have a great influence in kindling wars, and forming warriors. Its longitude, according to Hevelius, for the year 1700, was $16^\{\backslash circ\}\; 47\text{'}\; 20\text{'}\text{'}$; and its latitude southward $16^\{\backslash circ\}\; 52\text{'}\; 11\text{'}\text{'}$.