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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bright-red intrinsic variable star, 527 light years from Earth, in the constellation Orion.
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- proper noun astronomy A bright-red
supergiant intrinsic variablestar , the second brightest star in theconstellation Orion ; Alpha (α) Orionis. It is the tenth brightest star in thenighttime , and one of the largest stars known.
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- noun the second brightest star in Orion
Etymologies
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The name Betelgeuse is from the Arabic Ibt al Jauzah, or Armpit of the Central One, via a long line of intermediate names.
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The name Betelgeuse itself is a corruption of the Arabic يد الجوزاء yad al-jawzā ( "hand of the central one").
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] JacobB 2010
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I don’t recall ever learning that the name Betelgeuse came from the Arabic bayt al jauza, meaning “in the house of the twins,” referring to the Heavenly Twins, Castor and Pollux, hanging out right above Orion.
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I don’t recall ever learning that the name Betelgeuse came from the Arabic bayt al jauza, meaning “in the house of the twins,” referring to the Heavenly Twins, Castor and Pollux, hanging out right above Orion.
Arab Influence on the Italian Renaissance « Far Outliers 2004
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The red giant stage like Betelgeuse is short'then bang. "
Ensign Flandry Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1966
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Other prominent reddish-orange stars include Antares whose name means "rival of Mars", which shines brightest on July and August evenings, and Betelgeuse, which is found in the constellation Orion and lights up the winter sky, according to StarDate.
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Betelgeuse, which is a red supergiant and the ninth brightest star in the sky.
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Betelgeuse, which is a red supergiant and the ninth brightest star in the sky.
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The Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) observed Saturn atmosphere occultations of the stars alpha Orionis, alpha Canis Majoris, and alpha Canis Minoris, otherwise known as Betelgeuse, Sirius, and Procyon.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2010
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Once above atmosphere, it would take sights on beacons such as Betelgeuse and lay a course to Irumclaw.
A Circus of Hells Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1969
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