Elite Dangerous, Betelgeuse 

Decided to swing by Betelgeuse on the way back from Barnard's Loop.

big hecking sun.

The planet I'm above is about as far away from the star as Jupiter is from our sun.

awoo.space/media/XltRZbUQhROyk

Betelgeuse has an average density of 7.9*10^-9 g/cm^3

That's comparable to the density of air at 100km above earth... so, space.

big fluffy star!

Seriously though this game is prompting me to learn more astronomy. I had never heard of T-Tauri or Wolf-Rayet stars and it turns out they're pretty cool!

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