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    Star Constellation Orion Variable Star Magnitude Year: Betelgeuse, Also Called Alpha Orionis, Second Brightest

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    The document discusses the star Betelgeuse, which is located in the constellation Orion. Betelgeuse is one of the largest and most luminous stars visible in the night sky. It is a red supergiant star that has undergone episodes of mass loss, shedding shells of material over the past 100,000 years. The largest of these shells extends nearly 7.5 light-years from the star. Orion is one of the most conspicuous constellations and contains many bright stars, including Betelgeuse.

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    Star Constellation Orion Variable Star Magnitude Year: Betelgeuse, Also Called Alpha Orionis, Second Brightest

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    The document discusses the star Betelgeuse, which is located in the constellation Orion. Betelgeuse is one of the largest and most luminous stars visible in the night sky. It is a red supergiant star that has undergone episodes of mass loss, shedding shells of material over the past 100,000 years. The largest of these shells extends nearly 7.5 light-years from the star. Orion is one of the most conspicuous constellations and contains many bright stars, including Betelgeuse.

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    The document discusses the star Betelgeuse, which is located in the constellation Orion. Betelgeuse is one of the largest and most luminous stars visible in the night sky. It is a red supergiant star that has undergone episodes of mass loss, shedding shells of material over the past 100,000 years. The largest of these shells extends nearly 7.5 light-years from the star. Orion is one of the most conspicuous constellations and contains many bright stars, including Betelgeuse.

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    Betelgeuse, also called 

    Alpha Orionis, second brightest star in


    the constellation Orion, marking the eastern shoulder of the hunter.
    Its name is derived from the Arabic word bat al-jawzāʾ, which
    means “the giant’s shoulder.” Betelgeuse is one of the most
    luminous stars in the night sky. It is a variable star and usually has
    an apparent magnitude of about 0.6. However, in late 2019 it began
    dimming to an apparent magnitude of 1.6 by early 2020; it returned
    to its original brightness later that year. This “Great Dimming” was
    caused by a giant ejection of gas that condensed into dust when it
    cooled. Betelgeuse is easily discernible to even the casual observer,
    not only because of its brightness and position in the brilliant Orion
    but also because of its deep reddish colour. The star is
    approximately 724 light-years from Earth.

    Betelgeuse
    Betelgeuse imaged in ultraviolet light by the Hubble Space Telescope.
    Andrea Dupree (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), Ronald Gilliland (STScI), NASA and
    ESA
    Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star roughly 950 times as large as
    the Sun, is one of the largest stars known. For comparison, the
    diameter of Mars’s orbit around the Sun is 328 times the Sun’s
    diameter. Infrared studies from spacecraft have revealed that
    Betelgeuse is surrounded by immense shells of material evidently
    shed by the star during episodes of mass loss over the past 100,000
    years. The largest of these shells has a radius of nearly 7.5 light-
    years.

    Orion
    constellation

    See some of the northern constellations such as Orion, the Big Dipper, the North Star,
    and Cassiopeia
    Learn about some of the brightest northern constellations: Orion, the Big Dipper, and Cassiopeia.
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    Orion, in astronomy, major constellation lying at about 5 hours 30
    minutes right ascension and 0° declination, named for the Greek
    mythological hunter. Orion is one of the
    most conspicuous constellations and contains many bright stars.
    One of these, Betelgeuse, a variable star, is easily distinguished by
    its reddish colour and is the 11th brightest star in the sky, with
    a magnitude of 0.6. Orion’s brightest star, Rigel, located in the
    hunter’s leg, has a magnitude of 0.1 and is the seventh brightest star
    in the sky. The third brightest star in the constellation is Bellatrix.
    Orion’s girdle, or belt—consisting of three bright stars—lies nearly
    on the celestial equator. His sword, south of the belt, contains the
    great Orion Nebula, an emission nebula containing hundreds of
    young stars, which is visible to the unaided eye. Faint extensions of
    this nebula fill almost the whole constellation.

    Orion

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