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Two American navy ships were named after the star, both of them World War II vessels, the USS Betelgeuse (AKA-11) launched in 1939 and USS Betelgeuse (AK-260) launched in 1944. In 1979, the French supertanker Betelgeuse was moored off Whiddy Island , discharging oil when it exploded, killing 50 people in one of the worst disasters in Ireland's ...
−119 [d] or ~R Betelgeuse: L/T eff & AD Widely recognised as being among the largest known stars. [19] Might be the largest star visible to the naked eye. [28] The higher radii estimate assume Mu Cephei is in the Cepheus OB2 OB association. [26] [29] Other sources suggest Mu Cephei and Betelgeuse are likely similar in properties.
About twelve hours after the explosion, Betelgeuse sank at her moorings in 40 m (130 ft) of water, which largely extinguished the main body of the fire. [9] In spite of this, rescue workers were not able to approach the wreck (the bow of which was still above water) for a fortnight due to clouds of toxic and flammable gas surrounding it. When ...
Just like the mischievous Tim Burton character of the same name, the red supergiant star Betelgeuse's head shrank. Scientists watched the star blast its outer surface into space in 2019, an ...
One of the biggest and brightest stars in the night sky has left astronomers puzzled after it has faded dramatically over the last year. Some have speculated that this is a sign of an impending ...
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 ...
The 14th magnitude asteroid was predicted to occult Betelgeuse approximately 12 seconds; Betelgeuse was expected to dim by about 3 magnitudes. [17] The prediction was at first uncertain, visible on a very narrow path on Earth's surface, its width and location being uncertain due to lack of precise knowledge of the size and path of the asteroid ...
An asteroid will briefly eclipse Betelgeuse, a bright star in the Orion constellation, causing it to disappear from view for those in a narrow strip of the globe.