A “great dimming” of Betelgeuse (“BEE-tuhl-jooz”), a star in this constellation, began in October 2019, but was reverted by April 2020. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this constellation whose stars Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka form its namesake “belt.”
ANSWER: Orion
[10h] Betelgeuse’s “great dimming” was probably caused by the formation of this substance following a surface mass ejection. Betelgeuse will crash into a “wall” of this substance in 5,000 years.
ANSWER: cosmic dust particles [or extraterrestrial dust particles or space dust particles or star dust particles or intergalactic dust particles or interplanetary dust particles or micrometeoroids]
[10m] The highest-resolution photograph of Betelgeuse is from ALMA, an array of radio telescopes in this country. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is under construction in this country that is home to the Very Large Telescope.
ANSWER: Republic of Chile
<Michael Bentley, Science - Astronomy> ~15303~ <Editor: David Bass>