Size comparison: Betelgeuse and the Sun
This image, made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), shows the red supergiant Betelgeuse — one of the largest stars known. In the millimeter continuum the star is around 1400 times larger than our Sun. The overlaid annotation shows how large the star is compared to the Solar System. Betelgeuse would engulf all four terrestrial planets — Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars — and even the gas giant Jupiter. Only Saturn would be beyond its surface.
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Credit:ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/E. O’Gorman/P. Kervella
About the Image
| Id: | potw1726b |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 26 June 2017, 06:00 |
| Size: | 5000 x 5000 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Betelgeuse |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Supergiant |
| Distance: | 600 light years |
| Category: | Stars |
