Betelgeuse

Facts About Betelgeuse:

8th brightest star in the night sky and 2nd brightest star in orion, although it occasionally outshines Rigel.
A semiregular variable star.
If it were at the center of our Solar System, its surface would extend past the asteroid belt possibly to the orbit of Jupiter or beyond.

Classification: Star (Red Supergiant, M2Iab)

Names: Alpha Orionis

Constellation: Orion
Distance: 6.08e+15 km (643 ly)

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