Oh, dude, Betelgeuse and Rigel are like neighbors in the Orion constellation, they're practically carpooling together! They're only about 860 light-years apart, which in space terms is like being next door. So yeah, they're pretty close in the cosmic neighborhood.
No, Rigel is not the closest star to Polaris (the North Star). Rigel is a bright star in the constellation Orion, while Polaris is located in the constellation Ursa Minor. The closest star to Polaris is Urodelus, also known as "Polaris Australis."
Betelgeuse is a red supergiant in the constellation Orion. It is approximately 640 light years from us.
Orion is probably the best constellation of all, given how bright most of its stars are. In the northern hemisphere it is very clearly seen through the winter months. Orion has many stars. There are 7 very clear stars that people see. They are Rigel Betelgeuse Bellatrix Alnilam Alnitak Saiph Mintaka The two brightest magnitude stars in Orion are Betelgeuse and Rigel. Betelgeuse is the bright red-looking star that, from our perspective, would be top left, or Orion's left shoulder if he were facing away from us. It is in fact a type of star known as a red giant. To the top right of Orion is Bellatrix. Across the centre are the three stars often collectively known as Orion's Belt. From left to right they are Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka. On the bottom right is Saiph, the faintest of the 4 outer stars. It is hard to miss Rigel, which is bright blue-white and would be at the lower right, designating the knee. Many people think of stars as being the same colour, but looking at Rigel and Betelgeuse is a great way of seeing how different in colour some stars are. The famous Horsehead Nebula is to the east of Orion's Belt and far too faint to see with most home telescopes. There is also a nebula in Orion's Sword. If you look closely, one of the "stars" in the sword appears fuzzy; it is not a star but the Orion Nebula. Do a net search for Orion, Betelgeuse, Rigel, constellations, "Orion Nebula," "Orion's Belt," or any combination of these. I'm sure you'll find lots of info. Or better yet, buy yourself a backyard guide to the night sky. You may not use it much, but you'll never regret it. You may even become addicted to astronomy. Astronomy is a simple hobby to start. All you have to do is go outside on a clear night and look up. There are always wonders to be seen.
Orion [See Link] is a constellation and thus has many stars of different distances from us.The nearest is GJ 3379 at around 17 light years.The brightest is Rigel at around 800 light years.
No, Rigel is not a white dwarf. Rigel is a blue supergiant star located in the constellation Orion. White dwarfs are the remnants of small to medium-sized stars that have exhausted their nuclear fuel and collapsed.
No, Rigel is not the closest star to Polaris (the North Star). Rigel is a bright star in the constellation Orion, while Polaris is located in the constellation Ursa Minor. The closest star to Polaris is Urodelus, also known as "Polaris Australis."
Betelgeuse is a red supergiant in the constellation Orion. It is approximately 640 light years from us.
Orion is probably the best constellation of all, given how bright most of its stars are. In the northern hemisphere it is very clearly seen through the winter months. Orion has many stars. There are 7 very clear stars that people see. They are Rigel Betelgeuse Bellatrix Alnilam Alnitak Saiph Mintaka The two brightest magnitude stars in Orion are Betelgeuse and Rigel. Betelgeuse is the bright red-looking star that, from our perspective, would be top left, or Orion's left shoulder if he were facing away from us. It is in fact a type of star known as a red giant. To the top right of Orion is Bellatrix. Across the centre are the three stars often collectively known as Orion's Belt. From left to right they are Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka. On the bottom right is Saiph, the faintest of the 4 outer stars. It is hard to miss Rigel, which is bright blue-white and would be at the lower right, designating the knee. Many people think of stars as being the same colour, but looking at Rigel and Betelgeuse is a great way of seeing how different in colour some stars are. The famous Horsehead Nebula is to the east of Orion's Belt and far too faint to see with most home telescopes. There is also a nebula in Orion's Sword. If you look closely, one of the "stars" in the sword appears fuzzy; it is not a star but the Orion Nebula. Do a net search for Orion, Betelgeuse, Rigel, constellations, "Orion Nebula," "Orion's Belt," or any combination of these. I'm sure you'll find lots of info. Or better yet, buy yourself a backyard guide to the night sky. You may not use it much, but you'll never regret it. You may even become addicted to astronomy. Astronomy is a simple hobby to start. All you have to do is go outside on a clear night and look up. There are always wonders to be seen.
Rigel, which is located in the Orion constellation, is approximately 860 light-years away from Earth. Altair, on the other hand, is a star in the Aquila constellation and is around 16.7 light-years away from us.
The planets move around the sun so the planet that is pointed most toward Orion's belt will usually be the closest. Orion's belt is actually three stars that are very far away from each other (just in the same direction) so if you want to be especially precise you have to pick just one of them to ask about.
See related question for Betelgeuse - Orion's right shoulder
Orion [See Link] is a constellation and thus has many stars of different distances from us.The nearest is GJ 3379 at around 17 light years.The brightest is Rigel at around 800 light years.
No, Rigel is not a white dwarf. Rigel is a blue supergiant star located in the constellation Orion. White dwarfs are the remnants of small to medium-sized stars that have exhausted their nuclear fuel and collapsed.
As of now, the Hubble Space Telescope has been used to study Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion. It has provided important insights into the star's behavior and characteristics.
There are thousands of stars in Orion. The three in the belt are Alnilam, Alnitak and Mintaka. The brightest star is Rigel and near that is Saiph. These two stars are in the legs of Orion. On the other side of the belt are the reddish star, Betelgeuse and not far away, Bellatrix. These lie in or near Orion's shoulder. His sword is made up of the stars Pi 1-Pi6.
No. Some time in the next million years Betelgeuse will explode as a supernova, but it is too far away from us to damage the earth. All we will see is Betelgeuse getting a lot brighter in the night sky.
It isn't the brightest star - at least, usually Rigel is brighter. However, Betelgeuse is variable, and can sometimes be brighter than Rigel. Wikipedia lists its luminosity as 105,000 times the luminosity of our Sun; and the distance, as 640 light years. Assuming these numbers, this would make it as bright as a star that is 10.5 times as bright as our Sun, at a distance of only 6.4 light years. In other words, the extreme luminosity compensates for its distance.