Betelgeuse

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Betelgeuse is an uninhabited system in the Inner Orion Spur. It features a large, red supergiant star, which is the ninth-brightest star in the night sky as seen from Earth, almost 500 ly away. It is located in the constellation Orion and the second-brightest star there, and has a solar radius of about 640.373000.^[1]

Betelgeuse is in its late stage stellar evolution and expected to go supernova in the next million years.^[2]

System Layout

Betelgeuse (Class M star)
- Betelgeuse 1 (High metal content world)
- Betelgeuse 2 (Metal-rich body)
- Betelgeuse 3 (Metal-rich body)
- Betelgeuse 4 (High metal content world)

Videos

Gallery

Betelgeuse
Betelgeuse seen from 2,200 light seconds
Betelgeuse and Diamondback Explorer
An Anaconda and Betelgeuse

References

[1] ttp://www.elitegalaxyonline.com/portfolio/largest-stars/

[2] ttp://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Betelgeuse_braces_for_a_collision

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