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Betelgeuse – Challenging our Understanding for more than 2000 years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2013

S.T. Ridgway
S.T. Ridgway*
Affiliation:
National Optical Astronomy Observatory, PO Box 26732, Tucson, AZ 85726, USA
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Abstract

As a bright, colorful and variable star, Betelgeuse has attracted popular interest from the earliest times. As a prototypical evolved supergiant, it has been investigated with many photometric and spectroscopic techniques. With hundreds of focused studies, many measurements remain puzzling after decades of reflection. We begin our exploration of the Betelgeuse story with an illustrated historical tour of observations and some thoughts on interpretive paths.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 60: Betelgeuse Workshop 2012 The Physics of Red Supergiants: Recent Advances and Open Questions , 2013 , pp. 5 - 16
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© EAS, EDP Sciences 2013

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