Betelgeuze

Who can be bored for a moment in the short existence vouchsafed us here; with dramatic beginnings barely hidden in the dust, with the excitement of every moment of the present, and with all of cosmic possibility lying just concealed in the future, whether of Betelgeuze, of Amoeba or -- of ourselves?

Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919

Betelgeuze -- the blue, white, yellow and red evolution of so-called lifeless cosmic matter.

Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919

Majoris, and forms an equilateral triangle with Betelgeuze in Orion, and the Pleiades in Taurus.

A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904

Three of its stars of the fourth magnitude form a straight line northeast and southwest, about 9° east of Betelgeuze, and about the same distance south of Alhena, in Gemini.

A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904

The splendid first-magnitude star Rigel is diagonally opposite Betelgeuze, and the girdle and sword of the Hunter lie within the parallelogram, a very striking group.

A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904

If a line joining Betelgeuze and Sirius be prolonged 18° southeast, it will point out Naos, a star of the second magnitude in the rowlock of the

A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904

Procyon has a yellowish tinge and resembles the condition of our sun, while Betelgeuze is surrounded by heavy metallic vapors and is thought to be approaching extinction.

A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904

It forms a large right-angled triangle with Pollux and Betelgeuze.

A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904

The tips of the horns of the Bull are pointer stars to Betelgeuze, in Orion.

A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904

Betelgeuze, in Orion, Procyon, in Canis Minor, and Sirius form a nearly equilateral triangle.

A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904