AMAZING NEW VIEWS OF BETELGEUSE COURTESY OF ALMA

Universe Today ^ | June 27, 2017 | David Dickinson

[C19fan]

Just. Wow.

An angry monster lurks in the shoulder of the Hunter. We’re talking about the red giant star Betelgeuse, also known as Alpha Orionis in the constellation Orion. Recently, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) gave us an amazing view of Betelgeuse, one of the very few stars that is large enough to be resolved as anything more than a point of light.

[C19fan]

What an amazing image. Betelgeuse is a massive red giant star in the constellation Orion. If one is going to see a supernova during our lifetime this is the star that might provide that.

[Red Badger]

This orange blob is the nearby star Betelgeuse, as imaged recently by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). ALMA/ESO/NRAO>This orange blob is the nearby star Betelgeuse, as imaged recently by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). ALMA/ESO/NRAO

[Red Badger]

What does it look like thru Hubbel?..................

[Red Badger]

Betelgeuse is so massive, it's size is about equal to JUPITER's ORBIT.........................

[DungeonMaster]

What does it look like thru Hubbel?..................

Like looking at the sun with your naked eye.

[teeman8r]

in before the michael keaton pic

[Yo-Yo]

But only just.

[IronJack]

Isn’t the Shoulder of Orion where Ray Batty saw attack ships on fire?

[teeman8r]

hehehe

[HombreSecreto]

Don’t say its name three times!

[wally_bert]

Any evidence of the great collapsed Hrung disaster?

[notdownwidems]

When I was taking astronomy in college our instructor told us that, in relative size, if Betelgeuse was where the sun is, it would extend out past the orbit of Mars!

[fishtank]

Hooble

[Boogieman]

“If one is going to see a supernova during our lifetime this is the star that might provide that.”

Nah, lone red giants do not become supernovas. If they are part of a binary system, they could feed their companion star and the companion could go supernova, but alone a red giant will just become a white dwarf.

[farming pharmer]

Isn’t the Shoulder of Orion where Ray Batty saw attack ships on fire?

Yeah, right before he watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.

Those moments were lost in time, though, like tears in rain.

[IronJack]

Cuz it was time to die.