| Identification Data |
| Common Name | Betelgeuse |
| Constellation | Orion |
| Star Name | 58alp Ori |
| Skymap Number | 5550036 |
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 39801 |
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 2061 |
| SAO Number | 113271 |
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | BD+07 1055 |
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
| 05552+0724
|
| Positional Data |
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 149643 |
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 5h 55m 10.305s |
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | +7° 24' 25.426" |
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0239s |
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | +0.00184 |
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | +0.010966 |
| Radial Velocity | +021.0km s-1 |
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.00763s |
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00164s |
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | 0.020890 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | 0.991435 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | 0.128918 |
| Galactic Longitude | 199.79° |
Galactic Latitude
| -8.96°
|
| Observational Data |
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 0.57 |
| Derived Visual Magnitude | |
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.019 |
| Observed B Magnitude | 2.31 |
| Observed B-V Colour | +1.736 |
| Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.018 |
| Observed U Magnitude | |
| Observed U-B Colour | |
| Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty | |
| Observed Photovisual Magnitude | .9 |
| Observed Photographic Magnitude | |
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | M1-M2Ia-Iab |
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | M0 |
| Position Angle | 278 |
| Year of Observation | 1983. AD |
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