Betelgeuse

Stars

Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star in the equatorial constellation of Orion. Usually the night sky's tenth-brightest star, it is a reddish semiregular variable whose brightness changes over a main period near 400 days. Its radius is estimated at 640 to 764 times that of the Sun. Less than 10 million years old, it is expected to end in a type II supernova, most likely within 100,000 years.

Constellation: Orion
Brightness variation: Apparent magnitude from +0.0 to +1.6
Estimated radius: 640 to 764 times that of the Sun

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Article: Betelgeuse (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q12124
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