10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BETELGEUX»
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The Observer's Year: 366 Nights in the Universe
According to the Cambridge catalogue, Betelgeux is just over 300 lightyears from
us, Rigel just over 900. It is true that other catalogues give rather different values,
and place Betelgeux at over 500 light-years, but in any case it is clear that ...
2
Stargazing: Astronomy Without a Telescope
Betelgeux is completely different; it is a huge red supergiant with a diameter of
250 million miles, large enough to swallow up the whole orbit of the Earth round
the Sun. Like so many red stars, Betelgeux is variable, with a very rough period of
...
3
Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars
Its leading stars are Beta or Rigel (0.1), Alpha or Betelgeux (variable between 0.1
and 0.9), Gamma or Bellatrix (1.6), Epsilon or Alnilam (1.7), Zeta or Alnitak (1.8),
Kappa or Saiph (2.1), Delta or Mintaka (2.3, very slightly variable), Iota (2.8), Pi3 ...
4
The Photographic Atlas of the Stars
With its characteristic shape, its starry Belt, its misty Sword, and its two brilliant
leaders Betelgeux and Rigel it cannot possibly be mistaken, and since it is
crossed bv the celestial equator it is visible from any part of the world. The map
also ...
H.J.P Arnold, Paul Doherty, Patrick Moore, 1999
5
Astronomy with a Budget Telescope: An Introduction to ...
The Sun is a yellow star; Sirius and Altair are white; Betelgeux and Antares are
orange-red, and so on. These differences in color are due to real differences in
surface temperature. The Sun's surface is at a temperature of between 5,000°C
and ...
Patrick Moore, John Watson, 2012
6
A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes: Or a Philosophical ...
The three stars in a row form the Belt, and the large star above the Belt towards
the left-hand is Betelgeux, a star of the first magnitude in Orion's right-shoulder.
About 26° from Betelgeux, towards the left-hand, is Pro- cyon, a star between the
...
7
Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack
Ri- gel, 22°. Betelgeux, 41°. Belt of Orion, 31°. Star in the summit of the southern
horn of Taurus, 51°. Aldebaran, 29°. Hyades, 28£°. Menkar, 15°. Aiietis, 12°.
Musca Borealis and Triangula, 20°. Algol, 33 1°. Algenib, 41°. Mirach, 13°.
Almaach ...
The best known red supergiant is Betelgeux in Orion (the star marks the great
hunter's shoulder, the name can be spelt in various ways and some people
pronounce it “Beetle Juice”). Its apparent magnitude varies slowly between 0.2
and 1; ...
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Astronomy and Cosmogony
For, on the view we are now considering, Kruger 60 can never have been similar
to Betelgeux, and Betelgeux will probably never be similar to Kruger 60. The
latter star was born of the feebly-luminous matter which floated to the outside of
the ...
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A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes; Or, A Philosophical ...
tbe Belt towards the left-band is Betelgeux, a star of the first magnitude in Orioo's
right shoulder. About 26° from Betelgeux, towards tbe left-hand U Procyon, a star
between the first and secortd magnitudes, in the constellation Cams Minor.
Thomas Keith, Robert Adrain, 1832
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BETELGEUX»
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Betelgeux is used in the context of the following news items.
Declassified Air Force files reveal UFO sightings in PH
... 156′ Azimuth. 1/2 size and same mag as Betelgeux observed for 7 minutes when it disappeared in haze at altitude of 21′ 148′ Azimuth. «Manila Channel, Jan 15»
2 die as torrential rain hits Tucson
Williams initially was trapped in her car in a wash Monday at 9:31 a.m. at East Calle Betelgeux and South Avenida Ursa, south of East 22nd ... «Arizona Daily Star, Sep 14»
More monsoon activity coming to Valley today
The car ended up stopping beneath a pedestrian bridge near Calle Betelgeux and Avenida Sirio. The water level at its highest point was almost ... «KPHO Phoenix, Aug 14»
New sensor to detect harmful bacteria on food industry surfaces
Back row (left to right): Prof Bill Keevil (University of Southampton, UK) Fernando Lorenzo (Betelgeux, Spain); José Belenguer (ainia, Spain) ... «Phys.Org, Jun 14»
Dignity, Impudence, And General Relativity
A typical example is the star Betelgeux, or Alpha Orionis, which is 25 million times as big as the sun, although probably containing only about ... «Science 2.0, Apr 14»
