Have you ever been amused by the captivating look of The Hunter(Orion Constellation)? Orion is the most recognizable constellation which is located in the celestial equator. Betelgeuse is the tenth brightest star in the night sky. It represents the left shoulder of the Hunter. This semiregular variable star can be easily distinguished from the other due to its reddish colour. And it is about 220 parsecs from the Sun.
The red giant began dimming in October. By mid- February, the star faded so much that it wasn’t even in the top 20, Vill Guinan reported in Astronomers telegram. Guinan’s team had documented a roughly 425-day cycle of dimming of the star, but normally the brightness would vary by not more than 25% which was against the observations.
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Betelgeuse had now brightened by around 10% from its dimmest point, says Edward Guinan, an Astrophysicist at Villanova University outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His team had been tracking it for the past 25 years. The reason for the dimming of the alluring star is an enigma for all astronomers and astrophile. One of the prominent elucidations regarding the dimming of Betelgeuse is, that the star could have been moving behind a dust cloud.
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