Sunday, December 14, 2014

Additional Information! Cool Facts!

Apart from the Orion Constellation, Betelgeuse is also part of two winter asterisms. It forms the Winter Triangle with Canis Minor and Sirius and lies at the center of the Winter Hexagon formed by Sirius, Prpcyon, Pollux, Aldebaran, Rigel, and Capella. These patterns make Betelgeuse really easy to spot on the sky.
Also, the star had been mentioned in many works and films, upon one of the most famous ones is
Beetlejuice by Tim Burton of 1988. The movie is about two people passed on to become ghosts and destined to haunt. How are they related? We can say that the movie and the red supergiant relates only by the pronunciation of their names.

the Winter Triangle and Winter Hexagon is clearly inscribed here

Beetlejuice Movie

Zooming on Betelgeuse


Works Cited
"Betelgeuse." Constellation Guide. NRelate. 14 Aug. 2014. Web. 15 Dec. 2014.
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Taylor, Drew. "5 Things You Might Not Know About Tim Burton's 'Beetlejuce'" The Playlist. IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2013. Web. 15 Dec. 2014.
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