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[[Image:Position_Alpha_Ori.png|thumb|right|196px|Position and location of Betelgeuse as shown by the pink arrow]]
 
'''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.
  
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