Rigel is a blue supergiant star in the Orion constellation, also known as Beta Orionis.
Rigel may also refer to: Rigel (comics), a character in a series published by Panini Comics Rigel (dog), a Newfoundland dog said to have helped rescue survivors from the sinking of the Titanic Rigel (microprocessor), a VAX microprocessor chip set developed and fabricated by Digital Equipment Corporation Rigel (rocket), an Argentinian sounding rocket MS Rigel, a Norwegian and German vessel USS Rigel (AD-13), a ship built in 1918 as Edgecombe USS Rigel (AF-58), a ship laid down in 1954 SSM-N-6 Rigel, a proposed cruise missile system Rigel, a composition for trumpet and piano by Hale A. VanderCook Rigel, a genus of megalyrid wasps from Chile Rigel, a fictional nation in Fire Emblem Gaiden and Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia KRI Rigel (933), an Indonesian Navy research vessel
People with the surname Henri-Joseph Rigel, a German-born French composer
See also Rygel, the Farscape character Riegel (disambiguation), several meanings Rigil Kentaurus, a Sun-like star in the Centaurus constellation also known as Alpha Centauri A, distance only about 4.37 light-years USS Rigel, a list of US Navy ships