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It's about 600 or 700 light-years.

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Q: How many light years is Betelgeuse from Capella?
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How many light years away is betelgeuse?

Betelgeuse is approximately 600 light years from Earth.


How many light years is Capella for earth?

42.15


Is betelgeuse the farthest star from earth?

No, Betelgeuse is about 640 light-years from earth, but some stars are many billions of light-years away.


How many light years from earth is betelgeuse?

It is around 640 lightyears away.


Betelgeuse is 150 parsecs away how many light years is that?

One parsec is equivalent to 3.3 light years. 150 parsecs = 150 x 3.3 = 495 light years


Would it be possible to see the star Betelgeuse even if that star had died hundreds of years ago?

When we look at stars, we are seeing the light that they are emitting. That light could have left them many years ago. The light from Betelgeuse takes over 640 years to reach us. So if it exploded today, we would not see that explosion for over 640 years. So it is possible that it is already gone, but the light that left before it went is still coming towards us.


How many miles away is Betelgeuse?

The runaway crimson Super Giant named Betelguese was estimated in 2008 to be approximately 640 light years away from our Earth.


How many solar mass is betelgeuse?

The answer is unknown because it's precise distance from our solar system has never been determined so getting a size estimate is problematic, at best. Estimates range from 160 to 1200 light years distance with 600-700 light years being the most accepted distance. It is estimated that Betelgeuse is only 1 million years old and will go nova within the next 1 million years.


Is Betelgeuse the oldest star?

No, large stars like Betelgeuse only last a few million years. Our sun is older, at around 4.5 billion years, and there are many stars even older than our sun.


How many syllables does Betelgeuse have?

The word "Betelgeuse" has 3 syllables in it Be-tel-geuse.


How many instruments play in a Capella?

None. A Capella is defined as singing without instrumental sound.


How many miles is Betelgeuse from earth?

If I wrote out that distance in miles, there would probably be more digits than I could fit in this typing box. If you measure it in light years instead, I think it is a few hundred of those.