Plainly visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere’s winter sky, Betelgeuse is an iconic red supergiant star that marks the right shoulder of Orion the Hunter. This image is part of my mini-quest to shoot up-close images of all seven of the major stars in the Orion asterism, which include Betelgeuse, Bellatrix, Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka, Saiph, and Rigel. I recently completed shooting the three stars of Orion’s Belt. Some time ago, I published an image of Rigel with the Witch Head Nebula. I hope to get to Bellatrix and Saiph in winter 2026-2027. So stay tuned.