It's about 600 or 700 light-years.
Betelgeuse is approximately 600 light years from Earth.
Capella is approximately 42.2 light-years away from Earth.
Betelgeuse is approximately 642.5 light years away from Earth.
Betelgeuse is 40,473,416.93376 AU' (Astronomical Units) from Earth.
Betelgeuse is not the farthest star from Earth. It is a red supergiant star located in the constellation of Orion, approximately 642.5 light years away from us. There are other stars much farther away from Earth in our galaxy.
Betelgeuse is approximately 600 light years from Earth.
Capella is approximately 42.2 light-years away from Earth.
Betelgeuse is approximately 642.5 light years away from Earth.
Betelgeuse is 40,473,416.93376 AU' (Astronomical Units) from Earth.
Betelgeuse is not the farthest star from Earth. It is a red supergiant star located in the constellation of Orion, approximately 642.5 light years away from us. There are other stars much farther away from Earth in our galaxy.
Betelgeuse is about 640 light-years away from Earth.
One parsec is equivalent to 3.3 light years. 150 parsecs = 150 x 3.3 = 495 light years
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.
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.
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.
The runaway crimson Super Giant named Betelguese was estimated in 2008 to be approximately 640 light years away from our Earth.
Betelgeuse is approximately 642 light-years away from Earth, and its diameter is about 1,000 times that of our Sun. If we assume a hypothetical spacecraft could travel at the speed of light, it would take about 642 years to reach Betelgeuse. However, if we consider the size of the star itself, circumnavigating it would take significantly longer, depending on the spacecraft's speed. Overall, the journey is currently beyond our technological capabilities and would take many lifetimes to complete.