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How can betelgeuse give more light than the sun?
Betelgeuse give off more light than the Sun because it is much larger than the Sun, and the star's core is much larger and more powerful than the Sun's core.
Which is older Betelgeuse or Rigel?
Betelgeuse is probably older, but it's hard to give exact ages for stars. Both of them are only a few million years old, much younger than our 4 billion year old sun. See related questions for more details on the ages of those stars.
Which constellation is rigel found?
In Orion, on the lower right as seen from the northern hemisphere, a bright white-coloured star. Compare Betelgeuse at the opposite corner of Orion, a red giant. The colours are more visible in binoculars.
Is the sun larger than Rigel?
No. Rigel is more than 70 times larger.
Which is the brighter star aldeberan or Betelgeuse?
Betelgeuse is more luminous than Aldebaran.
Temperature of Rigel?
There is more than one star in the Rigel "system". The main star, in terms of brightness, is Rigel A. That has a surface temperature of about 12,000 degrees Celsius.
Is the Sun hotter than Betelgeuse?
Yeah, the Suns radiant pressure is more increased then Betelgeuse.
Can people go to betelgeuse?
The farthest people have ever gone is to the moon, about 239,000 miles. Betelgeuse is about 640 light years, or 3,760,000,000,000,000 miles away. That's more than a trillion times farther than anyone's ever been.
Which is the star much larger than your sun?
Betelgeuse has a radius approximately 1,000 times greater than our own Sun. See link for more information
Does the star Vega produce more light than the Betelgeuse star?
No. Check the absolute magnitudes, for example in Wikipedia or in Wolfram Alpha. The LOWER numbers refer to a HIGHER brightness (for visible magnitude) or total power output (for bolometric magnitude).
How much bigger is rigel than the sun?
Spectroscopic estimates this distance between 700-900 light years but Hipparcos's measurement gives the distance of 860 light years . Rigel is a blue super giant and bears about 24 solar masses and shinning with approximately 85000 times the luminosity than the sun
Is There More Than One Betelgeuse?
Betelgeuse is the star in the left shoulder of the Orion constellation. It is also the name of a character in the movie Beetlejuice.
