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Star Betelgeuse in Orion

author: A.Block/MLSC/Univ.of Az/Novapix

reference: a-eto01-00052

Image Size 300 DPI: 22 * 22 cm

Betelgeuse is a red super giant, a Sun-like star nearing the end of its life. Long-exposure image showing thousands of stars in our Milky Way Galaxy in the background behind Betelgeuse, as well as dark dust from the Orion Molecular Cloud. February 2020.

Keywords for this photo:

2020 - ASTRONOMY - BETELGEUSE - CARBON - CARBON STAR - M STAR - NEBULA - ORION - RED SUPERGIANT - STAR - SUPERGIANT -