# Betelgeuse is a Double!

**URL:** <https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/betelgeuse-is-a-double/1187>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [July 22, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/betelgeuse-is-a-double/1187 "2025-07-22T00:14:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![BradF](https://discourse.okcastro.club/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@BradF](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/BradF)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/betelgeuse-is-a-double/1187/1 "2025-07-22T00:14:56Z")

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[https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2523/](https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2523/)

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**Author:** ![russw](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/russw/32/1706_2.png) [@russw](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/russw)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/betelgeuse-is-a-double/1187/2 "2025-07-22T16:18:10Z")

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Brad,

I hadn’t seen this. Thanks for posting it.

Russ

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**Author:** ![R.Palmer](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/r.palmer/32/7_2.png) [@R.Palmer](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/R.Palmer)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/betelgeuse-is-a-double/1187/3 "2025-07-23T03:13:07Z")

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Cool, that explains some of the weirdness maybe. I guess we won’t get to see it go supernova just yet!

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**Author:** ![Mitche](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/mitche/32/61_2.png) [@Mitche](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Mitche)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/betelgeuse-is-a-double/1187/4 "2025-07-23T04:08:30Z")

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Darn. Unless the supernova is going to exterminate all life on Earth. In that case, great!

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**Author:** ![jbgrahamiii](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/jbgrahamiii/32/1250_2.png) [@jbgrahamiii](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jbgrahamiii)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/betelgeuse-is-a-double/1187/5 "2025-10-16T20:40:40Z")

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[Betelgeuse’s secret companion star finally revealed](https://phys.org/news/2025-10-betelgeuse-secret-companion-star-revealed.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawNeNt5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF0NTg1Z3BoN2kxa1h3aFpKAR7rWS4nzk2qLYScHM1IVCKx0Vf_SZdvVxIHp91gLtUdPJtnxIrgCWxKIA_AQA_aem_Rm6ilm9m9qvwo7RMTGfj6A)

Just saw this.

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**Author:** ![C\_Taylor](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/c_taylor/32/189_2.png) [@C\_Taylor](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/C_Taylor)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/betelgeuse-is-a-double/1187/6 "2025-12-01T15:40:44Z")

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i have always suspected it was