Betelgeuse
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- proper noun
- /ˈbɛtəlˌdʒuːs/
- Betelgeuse in its supergiant phase is already terminal, with only hundreds or perhaps thousands of years left to it.
- Betelgeuse is a supergiant
- the red star Betelgeuse
Examples
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All right, so and Betelgeuse is a candidate for supernova.
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To the north of Orion's belt lies Betelgeuse, the Hunter's brighter shoulder, a red supergiant star about five hundred light-years away.
Academic text (1991) -
But Betelgeuse is not a hypergiant.
Academic text (2004) -
Betelgeuse is an M2Iab star, or a red supergiant.
Academic text (2005) -
The bright blue Rigel and, above all, Betelgeuse, are not likely to be alive as visible stars at that distant epoch.
Academic text (1999) -
Check out Betelgeuse, glowing dully red at Orion's shoulder, and Rigel, a laser blue at his knee.
Blog text (28) -
One entertaining project was a study of the star astronomers call Alpha Orionis, known by most people as Betelgeuse, one of the brightest and reddest stars in the sky.
Academic text (1993) -
Alpha Orionis, commonly known as Betelgeuse, is distinctly visible in the night sky as a bright red star.
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Astronomers study Betelgeuse because it is one of the largest and most well-known supergiant stars.
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Located in the constellation Orion, Betelgeuse is a key reference point for stargazers.
Synonyms
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A very bright red star in the Orion group of stars, also called Betelgeuse
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Betelgeuse probably comes from an Arabic phrase Yad al-Jawzā' meaning 'the hand of Orion' or 'the shoulder'. Over time the sounds and spelling changed into the strange name Betelgeuse, which explains why this bright red star is known as the one on Orion's shoulder.