Thursday, March 1, 2012

Antares or Jyeshta




Antares or Jyeshta or Thrikketa. Her radius is 883 times that of our Sun ! A red supergiant !


Antares is comparable with the great Betelguese in the Orion. With a diameter of more than 600 million miles, she has a color index of more than +1.83. This redness is the advanced evolutionary stage of a super giant. Is it by chance our forefathers called Antares Jyeshta or the oldest ?

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