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Betelgeuse scope: single-mode-fibers-assisted optical interferometer design for dedicated stellar activity monitoring
Betelgeuse has experienced a sudden shift in its brightness and dimmed mysteriously. This is likely caused by a hot blob of plasma ejected from Betelgeuse and then cooled to obscuring dust. If true, it is a remarkable opportunity to directly witness the formation of dust around a red supergiant star. …