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alpha Orionis - an M2 Iab type supergiant (see its SIMBAD entry)

It's a red supergiant with L* = ~2.5 x 10^5 Lsun, Mlr = ~1.5 x 10^-5 Msun/yr. (from Jura & Morris, 1981)
 

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