Antarikshaa Star Explorer

Betelgeuse

Red Supergiant

Distance

Approx. 550 light-years

Magnitude

Variable

Constellation

Orion

Spectral Type

M-type Supergiant

About the Star

About Betelgeuse

Betelgeuse is a massive red supergiant located in the constellation Orion. Its brightness changes over time because it is a variable star.

Observation

Betelgeuse is easy to identify as the reddish star marking one of the shoulders of Orion.

Science

Temperature

≈ 3,500 K

Mass

≈ 15–20 × Sun

Radius

Hundreds of times the Sun

Luminosity

≈ 100,000 × Sun

Location

Right Ascension

05h 55m 10.3s

Declination

+07° 24′ 25″

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