Starship Asterisk*

One curious omission in the image sequence is the star Betelgeuse. It is mentioned in the text, but not shown in the comparison images. Is this considered a slight inaccuracy?

I will agree that energized gases are responsible for the glow behind the large pillar, but I still think that the energy causing the glow is from a bright star obscured by the column, not one 'off-screen'. For a source to be 'off-screen' to the top right, then all the constituent objects in the ima...

It is stated that a very bright star to to top right of the image is eroding the pillar.

I would submit that the bright star is in fact behind the large pillar in the near center of the image. The shadow spokes imply the position.