IOTA ORIONIS

'Iota Orionis' (ι Ori / ι Orionis) is the brightest star in Orion's sword. This system is at the tip of the sword. It also has the traditional names 'Hatsya', or in Arabic, 'Na’ir al Saif', which means simply "the Bright One of the Sword."
This is a quadruple system dominated by a massive spectroscopic binary with an eccentric (e=0.764), 29-day orbit. The collision of the stellar winds from this pair makes the system a strong X-ray source.
Some people have also interpreted Hatsya and the Orion Nebula as a male phallus.

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★ Iota Orionis by Dr. Jim Kaler.

★ David Darling's encyclopedia entry