The pink arrow at the star on left labelled α indicates Betelgeuse in Orion
Image showing Betelgeuse (top left) and the dense nebulae of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex (Rogelio Bernal Andreo)
Betelgeuse (from Arabic: إبط الجوزاء Ibṭ al-Jauzā’, meaning "the armpit of Orion") is a large red supergiantstar in the Orionconstellation. It is usually the ninth-brighteststar in the night sky, and the second-brightest in Orion.