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  2. Betelgeuse - Wikipedia

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    Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion. It is usually the tenth-brightest star in the night sky and, after Rigel, the second-brightest in its constellation. It is a distinctly reddish, semiregular variable star whose apparent magnitude, varying between +0.0 and +1.6, has the widest range displayed by any first ...

  3. List of largest stars - Wikipedia

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    The Sun, the orbit of Earth, Jupiter, and Neptune, compared to four stars (Pistol Star, Rho Cassiopeiae, Betelgeuse, and VY Canis Majoris) Overview Although red supergiants are often considered the largest stars, some other star types have been found to temporarily increase significantly in radius, such as during LBV eruptions or luminous red ...

  4. Whiddy Island disaster - Wikipedia

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    However, the origin of the leak was discovered and stopped. Betelgeuse proceeded on its original planned course, arriving in Bantry Bay on 4 January 1979. [2] By 8 pm on 6 January 1979, Betelgeuse had completed berthing at the offshore jetty in around 30 m (98 ft) of water

  5. Betelgeuse aftermath: Still recovering from blowing its stack

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    In late 2019 and early 2020, Betelgeuse blew its top. Literally. Around that time the famous bright star marking the right shoulder of Orion suddenly started dimming, dropping to about half its ...

  6. Variable star - Wikipedia

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    Betelgeuse is an intrinsically variable star. A variable star is a star whose brightness as seen from Earth (its apparent magnitude ) changes systematically with time. This variation may be caused by a change in emitted light or by something partly blocking the light, so variable stars are classified as either: [ 1 ]

  7. An asteroid will temporarily eclipse one of the brightest ...

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    As Betelgeuse burns through fuel in its core, it has swollen to massive proportions, becoming a red supergiant, the latter phase of giant stars. When the star explodes, the event could be briefly ...

  8. 319 Leona - Wikipedia

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    It was discovered on 8 October 1891, by French astronomer Auguste Charlois at Nice Observatory in France. [10] On 12 December 2023, Leona passed in front of the bright star Betelgeuse and occulted it, which caused the star to briefly dim as seen from Central America, Europe, and east Asia. [11]

  9. The red giant star Betelgeuse is closer than we thought ... - AOL

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    Betelgeuse is one of the best-known stars in the night sky, as well as the easiest to find. New examinations of this behemoth star suggest it is both smaller — and closer — than astronomers ...