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The diminution in Betelgeuse's apparent size equates to a range of values between 56.0 ± 0.1 mas seen in 1993 to 47.0 ± 0.1 mas seen in 2008— a contraction of almost 0.9 AU in 15 years. [57] The observed contraction is generally believed to be a variation in just a portion of the extended atmosphere around Betelgeuse, and observations at ...
This tribunal took a year to hear evidence and prepare a 480-page report. [11] The report indicated three main factors had contributed to the incident: The poor condition of Betelgeuse for which its operator, Total S.A., was to blame: Immediately before the incident, the vessel's hull and tanks were cracked, corroded, and leaking. The eleven ...
The Orion region showing the red supergiant Betelgeuse. Red supergiants are rare stars, but they are visible at great distance and are often variable so there are a number of well-known naked-eye examples: Antares A; Betelgeuse; Epsilon Pegasi; Zeta Cephei; Lambda Velorum; Eta Persei; 31 and 32 Cygni; Psi 1 Aurigae; 119 Tauri
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 ...
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 ...
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 American student analysing publicly available data found a sprawling Mayan city with thousands of undiscovered structures, including pyramids, under a Mexican forest.. The data came from laser ...
Observations of Betelgeuse, a red giant in the shoulder of the constellation Orion, found that it is increasing and decreasing in size at the rate of 1% per year, 15% over 15 years. ISI produces extremely high angular and spatial resolution .