BETELGEUSE - AN UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY

Authors
EDMUNDS M
Citation
M. Edmunds, BETELGEUSE - AN UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY, Astronomy and geophysics, 38(6), 1997, pp. 27-31
Citations number
108
Journal title
Astronomy and geophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
13668781
Volume
38
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
27 - 31
Database
ISI
SICI code
1366-8781(1997)38:6<27:B-AUB>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
As one of the brightest stars in the sky, and one of the very few whos e surface can be resolved by current interferometric techniques, Betel geuse is a much-studied object. But how much is actually known about t his huge, cool supergiant and its life history? I attempt a brief revi ew of this complex and fascinating star, touching on its vital statist ics, both fixed and variable.