Betelgeuse

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[ beet-l-jooz, bet-l-j��z ]

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noun

Astronomy.

a first-magnitude red supergiant in the constellation Orion.

Betelgeuse

/ ˌbiːtəlˈdʒɜːz; ˈbiːtəlˌdʒɜːz /

noun

a very remote luminous red supergiant, Alpha Orionis: the second brightest star in the constellation Orion. It is a variable star

Betelgeuse

A red supergiant star in the constellation Orion. It is a variable star with a brightest apparent magnitude of 0.5. Scientific name: Alpha Orionis.
See Note at Rigel

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Betelgeuse¹

1790–1800; < French < Arabic bīt al jauzāʾ shoulder of the giant (i.e., of Orion)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Betelgeuse¹

C18: from French, from Arabic bīt al-jauzā' literally: shoulder of the giant, that is, of Orion

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Set more than three decades after the original Beetlejuice, Lydia Deetz is now a mother struggling to keep her family together when Betelgeuse returns to haunt her.

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The radiant for the Orionids is in the constellation of Orion which rises in the east after midnight, just to the north of its red-tinged star Betelgeuse.

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The star is Betelgeuse, a red supergiant in the constellation Orion.

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One of the closest candidates of this size is the red supergiant Betelgeuse in the constellation of Orion, located at a safe distance of about 150 parsecs from our solar system.

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Orion boasts two first-magnitude stars, with Betelgeuse marking the shoulder to the viewer’s left and Rigel his foot on the right.

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