cohort. n. 1. (Military) one of the ten units of between 300 and 600 men in an ancient Roman Legion. 2. any band of warriors or associates: the cohorts of Satan. 3.
As an early M-type supergiant, Betelgeuse is one of the largest, most luminous and yet one of the most ethereal stars known. A radius of 5.5 AU is roughly 7003118000000000000â 1180 times the radius of the Sunâable to contain over 2 quadrillion Earths (2.15 Ã 1015) or more than 1.6 billion (1.65 Ã 109) Suns.
Distinctly reddish, it is a semiregular variable star whose apparent magnitude varies between 0.2 and 1.2, the widest range of any first-magnitude star. Betelgeuse is one of three stars that make up the Winter Triangle, and it marks the center of the Winter Hexagon.The star's name is derived from the Arabic Ø¥Ø¨Ø· Ø§ÙØ¬ÙØ²Ø§Ø¡ Ibt al-JauzÄ' , meaning the ha nd of Orion s an early M-type supergiant, Betelgeuse is one of the largest, most luminous and yet one of the most ethereal stars known. A radius of 5.5 AU is roughly 7003118000000000000â 1180 times the radius of the Sunâable to contain over 2 quadrillion Earths (2.15 Ã 10 15) or more than 1.6 billion (1.65 Ã 10 9) Suns.