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Betelgeuse marked in gold among the stars of Orion, drawn inside an astrolabe ring of degree marks on a deep blue ground, with its modern and Arabic names below.
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Betelgeuse

No. 7 of 50 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeBetelgeuse marked in gold among the stars of Orion, drawn inside an astrolabe ring of degree marks on a deep blue ground, with its modern and Arabic names below.

What it meansFrom yad al-jawza, 'the hand of al-Jawza', a figure of old Arab star lore laid over Orion. A medieval misreading of the Arabic letters produced the name used today.

Where it worksA strong centrepiece for a gallery wall of night skies.

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The stars of Orion rising over a line of hills under a night-blue sky, with Mintaka marked in gold and its names set on the land below.MintakaNo. 11
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The stars of Piscis Austrinus rising over a calm sea under a dusk sky, with Fomalhaut marked in gold and its names set over the water below.FomalhautNo. 13
An engraved star-atlas plate of Perseus on a deep blue ground, with a fine coordinate grid, a chequered border and Algol picked out in gold.AlgolNo. 14
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