Confirmation of Betelgeuse Companion Star
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Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute’s Office of Public Outreach in collaboration with NASA’s Universe of Learning partners: Caltech/IPAC, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Video imagery:
- Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion: E. Slawik/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Zamani
- Artist’s concept of Betelgeuse and Siwarha: NASA, ESA, Elizabeth Wheatley (STScI); Science: Andrea Dupree (CfA)
- 2025 Gemini North telescope image of Betelgeuse and companion Siwarha over an image of the constellation Orion: E. Slawik/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Zamani
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