BetelGeuse with Orion XT10 Telescope

BetelGeuse is the ninth brightest star in the night sky, If it were at the center of our Solar System, its surface would extend past the asteroid belt possibly to the orbit of Jupiter and beyond, wholly engulfing Mercury, Venus, the Earth and Mars.
Its 640 light years away, Betelgeuse is expected to explode as a type II supernova, possibly within the next million years.

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[adamichi28]

wow! you're telescope is sooo cool! This is the first time I saw Betelgeuse much closer! Thanks for uploading this beautiful video. Btw, Betelgeuse is my favorite star.

[Dmac11a666]

@Guilmon470 As long as is doesn't take the flamenebula, orion nebula and the horsehead nebula with it ..It will be awesome!

[Guilmon470]

Another fun fact, when Betelgeuse goes supernova, nutrinos from it will fall to Earth into Earth's soil giving back much needed nutrients. The sky will constantly be bright for a couple of weeks as well before it begins to get dark at night again. I honestly can't wait to see this star explode even though it's so awesome. XD;

[EthelRethor]

what StringandMembrane said

[StringandMembrane]

Other than the sun of course!

With my XT10 and Glass solar filter, I can only see

- granular detail

- penumbra and sunspots...etc.

[StringandMembrane]

Cappa,

The light is moving through water in Earths atmosphere. This is causing the twisting.

There is no way to see the details of ANY star with a telescope like this. Come to think of it, I have NEVER seen detail of another star.

[brandynwong]

why would you capture betelgeuse on camera in the first place when you could get the orion nebula or horsehead nebula in the same constellation

[Cappadoccia04]

I don't understand how you capture Betelgeuse flickering the way it does in your video considering how far away this star actually is. Comparing other images and videos on YouTube of planets closer to us like Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter, the resolution and sharpness is far less than yours.

[DaMatta11]

@leonardoluiss02 Betelgeuse is about 640 light years away so the light we are seeing today was from... let me think... this calculation is so complicated... let's say 640 years ago, am I right?

[MOONSURVEILLANCE]

great video betelgeuse