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  2. Betelgeuse - Wikipedia

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    Its Bayer designation is α Orionis, Latinised to Alpha Orionis and abbreviated Alpha Ori or α Ori. [ 19 ] With a radius between 640 and 764 times that of the Sun, [ 14 ] [ 11 ] if it were at the center of our Solar System , its surface would lie beyond the asteroid belt and it would engulf the orbits of Mercury , Venus , Earth , and Mars .

  3. List of stars with resolved images - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of stars with resolved images, that is, stars whose images have been resolved beyond a point source. Aside from the Sun , observed from Earth , stars are exceedingly small in apparent size, requiring the use of special high-resolution equipment and techniques to image.

  4. List of star systems within 400–450 light-years - Wikipedia

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    Star system ← → ← → Median ... Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis) 408 – 548 +90 −49: 1: M1–M2 Ia–ab +0.50: The closest red supergiant star and one of the ...

  5. Sh 2-264 - Wikipedia

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    Betelgeuse and Bellatrix are south-east and south-west of the formation, forever cast as Alpha and Gamma by Bayer, they are near the top of Orion and in myth represent the hunter's shoulders. Sharpless 264 , also known as the Lambda Orionis Ring , is a molecular cloud and H II region , which can be seen in the northern region of the Orion ...

  6. Bayer designation - Wikipedia

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    Detail of Bayer's chart for Orion showing the belt stars and Orion Nebula region, with both Greek and Latin letter labels visible. A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek or Latin letter followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name.

  7. Betelgeuse mystery solved? New deep-space image stirs up ...

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    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 ...

  8. 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 ...

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

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    Earlier observations found that, if placed at the center of our solar system, the massive star Betelgeuse would stretch out beyond the orbit of Jupiter. This new study finds its body would only ...