Will Betelgeuse explode in 2012 ?

2012年，参宿四会爆炸吗？

The map will be redrawn centred on the position of Betelgeuse.

地图将以参宿四为中心重绘。

The only two missing star positions are for Betelgeuse and Rigel.

只有两个失踪星级职务是参宿四和参宿七。

Betelgeuse - the other bright star in Orion - is the Hunter's right shoulder.

参宿四-猎户座的另一颗明星-是猎人的右肩膀。

Most constellations have only one bright star, but Orion has two: Rigel and Betelgeuse.

大多数星座只有一颗明星，但是猎户座有两颗：参宿七和参宿四。

The diameter of the star Betelgeuse is more than a quarter the size of our entire solar system.

猎户座中的一等星的直径比我们整个太阳系直径的四分之一还要大。

Many of these names date back many centuries and are Arabic in origin (eg, "Betelgeuse" means "the armpit of the giant"!

其中许多的命名时间要追溯到很多世纪以前，那时阿拉伯刚发源（例如，“参宿四”意思是“巨人的腋窝”！）

Of course, the conversion from stellar to human terms is pretty extreme, as Betelgeuse is predicted to explode anytime in the next million years.

就当然从恒星到人类的条款的转换是很是极端参宿四星预计将下一步百万年随时爆炸。

In fact, if Betelgeuse replaced the sun in our solar system, its outer layers would extend past Earth and Mars and to nearly the orbit of Jupiter.

实际上，如果让参宿四来代替我们太阳系的太阳，它的外层将会延伸超过地球和火星，并且几乎接近于木星的轨道。

Capella is left of the tower and Aldebaran, Betelgeuse, Rigel, and stars in Orion's Belt can just be identified in the heavily light-polluted skies.

五车二就在塔身左侧，毕宿五、参宿四、参宿七和猎户座腰带三星在重度光害的天空中才刚刚能看到。

But how do relatively rare titans such as Betelgeuse emerge from the same stuff that usually yields batches of sun-sized orbs and even more common red dwarfs?

但是象参宿四那样相对稀少的巨型恒星是如何出现的呢？同样多的物质材料通常可以产生一批象太阳大小的天体，甚至可以产生更多的普通红矮星。

Hanging from his belt, the stars and nebulae of the Hunter's sword are visible lower and to the right. Yellow-orange Betelgeuse is the brightest star on the image left.

猎户座腰带上三颗亮星几乎与雪径垂直，右下角猎人之剑上的恒星和星云清晰可辨。

So don't count on getting a lot of sleep when Betelgeuse explodes, because the only sensible thing for the world to do will be to throw a weeks-long global supernova party.

所以不要指望获得大量的睡眠时参宿四星爆炸，因为要做世界的唯一明智事情会举行为期一周的全球超新星宴会。

Betelgeuse, which is part of the Orion constellation 640 light years away from Earth, is a red supergiant, meaning that it is nearing the end of its life and is due to explode.

参宿四，是距离地球640光年的猎户星座中的一颗红巨星，这意味着它的生命将会因为爆炸而即将结束。