What type of astronomical object is Betelgeuse?
Correct answer: Star
Deborah
Whenever I see this name I think of Beetlejuice.
GraceSpace
great question and note: Winter in the Southern Hemisphere starts in June 😉
Yusuf
I am a Lifelong space enthusiastic. The Universe is truly a place of unlimited wonderment
Nexus 6
Look for it while you can: It will be going supernova soon, relatively speaking - within 100,000 years or so. Also, check out how it got its name.
little b
I'm a star ✴️
grumpy gramps
GraceSpace, My father pointed out constellation Orion when I was very young. He called it 'the saucepan". Later, Betelgeuse became The Hunter's Sword. Sth. Hemisphere.
Castra
That's where the alien in "Starman" came from.
If my memory hasn't failed me.
Skullomania
Just don't make a wish upon it three times.
Trisha
Fredrico, I concur
Richard
not so long ago it was the largest known star but now it is the 4th largest that we know of.