1. Betelgeuse - Noun
2. Betelgeuse - Proper noun
the second brightest star in Orion
Source: WordNetI'd sooner exchange ideas with the birds on earth than learn to carry on intergalactic communications with some obscure race of humanoids on a satellite planet from the world of Betelgeuse. Edward Abbey
Space is a wind that does not blow On Betelgeuse and time – oh time – is a bird, Whose wings have never stirred The golden avenues of leaves On Betelgeuse. Humbert Wolfe
At its faintest, Betelgeuse will fall behind Deneb and Mimosa as 20th brightest star. Source: Internet
Although young, Betelgeuse has probably exhausted the hydrogen in its core—unlike its OB cousins born about the same time—causing it to contract under the force of gravity into a hotter and denser state. Source: Internet
Certain stars like Deneb and Betelgeuse are found above and to the right of the main sequence, more luminous or cooler than their equivalents on the main sequence. Source: Internet
As of 2014, theoretical calculations for a non-rotating star suggest Betelgeuse has developed a 3–main carbon-oxygen core which is being enlarged by deposition of fusion products from the surrounding helium shell at about a fifth of the star's radius. Source: Internet