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Betelgeuse
[ beet-l-jooz, bet-l-jœz ]
noun
- 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
/ bēt′l-jo̅o̅z′ /
- 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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Example Sentences
Betelgeuse is still with us, having returned to its former brightness earlier this year.
Wintertime means Orion has returned to the evening sky in the Northern Hemisphere, and it comforts me to see Betelgeuse glowing on Orion’s shoulder.
Estimates for Betelgeuse’s vital statistics vary, but if it sat at the center of our solar system, the star would fill much of the space between the sun and Jupiter.
Betelgeuse’s brightness varies, even under normal circumstances.
At about 15 to 20 times as massive as the sun, somewhere between 750 and 1,000 times its diameter and just about 550 light-years from Earth, Betelgeuse is typically between the sixth- and seventh-brightest star in the sky.
Overhead, Betelgeuse was making the most of its recent publicity, unobstructed by vagrant clouds.
He had known Betelgeuse years ago and personally had always preferred its neighbour Rigel, which had received no publicity at all.
Rigel belongs to a new generation of the universe; Betelgeuse to the universe that is passing.
And he estimated Betelgeuse to be two hundred and sixty million miles in diameter.
The reddish daylight swelled; Betelgeuse was rising quietly and majestically.
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