Images and video of the giant red star Betelgeuse. Equipment used; 10 inch dobsonion telescope and Nikon 5600 DSLR. The explosive appearance is actually atmospheric disturbance which makes the stars appear to twinkle.Viewed closely,with a telescope, the Earth's atmosphere is seen to cause a swirling effect around the brightest stars. The effect was captured by using the diffraction reduction method with my telescope.The video sequence is a small section of the actual video, which I slowed down to 1 tenth of normal speed using iMovie.The video and image, was closely cropped, to give this close up look at the star.So this is genuine film of Betelgeuse.The tune was added to create the dramatic effect.It is called "Greatness" It is kindly made available copyright free by the generous people at MaxkoMusic.
