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Meissa is a Spectral Type O star and is part of the Collinder 69 star cluster. It has Magnitude 3.4.

The traditional names are from Arabic ''maisan'' "sparkling" and ''haq’ah'' "white spot".

Meissa is actually a binary star system. The fainter star is of magnitude 12 and is 4.4 seconds of arc away from the brighter.