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Betelgeuse

The red supergiant shoulder of Orion.

Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star in Orion, usually the tenth-brightest star in the night sky. It varies between magnitude +0.0 and +1.6. Its radius is 640 to 764 times the Sun's.

Its distance is estimated at 400-600 light-years. It is less than 10 million years old and is expected to explode as a supernova, most likely within 100,000 years.

Quick Facts

Type
Red supergiant star
Constellation
Orion
Distance
~400-600 light-years

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