1. Betelgeuse Ameenah Elam

2. About The Name

3. The Fame! Betelgeuse was the first star seen as a sphere instead of a point of light by the Hubble Space Telescope on March 3, 1995. Possibly will be the very next supernova in our galaxy.

4. Did you know? Betelgeuse is one of the biggest stars that sits in Orion. Only 9 other stars that appears brighter than Betelgeuse, making it the 10 th brightest star in the sky Since it’s in its dying stage, it will soon become a supernova.

5. Its Size This Red Supergiant is about 13,000 times brighter and over 1,000 times larger than our sun. It’s also around 15 times the mass of the Sun and about 650 times its diameter.

6. More Facts Betelgeuse gives off 50,000 times more light than the Sun. Plus, it’s 500 to 640 light years from Earth.

7. Magnitude and Temperature Betelgeuse’s apparent magnitude is.06 to.75. Its absolute magnitude is - 5.6. It’s been reported in the last decade that it has surface temperatures between 3,500 to 3,600K.

8. The Life While our Sun will last another 6 billion years, Betelgeuse will be lucky to last another 100,000.

9. Dying Star

11. Betelgeuse Video

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