'''Betelgeuse''', or '''Alpha Orionis''' is the second brightest star located in the northeast part the constellation [[Orion]] and the ninth brightest star in the night sky. The name Betelgeuse itself is a corruption of the Arabic يد الجوزاء yad al-jawzā ("hand of the central one")<ref>Allen, Richard Hinckley (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (Revised ed.). New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 0486210790.</ref>. The star has many names throughout the world including ''Ardra'' in Hindi, and ''Shēnsùsì'' (参宿四, the Fourth Star of the Constellation of Three Stars), in Chinese. | '''Betelgeuse''', or '''Alpha Orionis''' is the second brightest star located in the northeast part the constellation [[Orion]] and the ninth brightest star in the night sky. The name Betelgeuse itself is a corruption of the Arabic يد الجوزاء yad al-jawzā ("hand of the central one")<ref>Allen, Richard Hinckley (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (Revised ed.). New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 0486210790.</ref>. The star has many names throughout the world including ''Ardra'' in Hindi, and ''Shēnsùsì'' (参宿四, the Fourth Star of the Constellation of Three Stars), in Chinese. |