Will Orion the Hunter disappear from our skies?

Will Orion the Hunter disappear from our skies?

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Standard memberbunnyknight
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06 Mar 20

@mammy-blue said
@bunnyknight
Someone told me if you place Betelgeuse in the position of our sun, it would engulf Mercurius, Venus, Earth, our moon, Mars, Neptune and Saturn.
Quite big...
It's so big that the word "big" is not big enough.

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Standard memberOmarCayenne
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06 Mar 20

Still, sounds like your friend misspoke a bit.

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07 Mar 20

@OmarCayenne
Now the answer seems to be a bit more mundane:
Dust is what dims our favorite star:

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-dimming-betelgeuse-isnt-cold-dusty.html