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[[File:Beacon.png|thumb|The beacon, with its power having been partially restored]]
{{quote|That ball of flame represents the power of the [[Comet Observatory|observatory]]. We call it the beacon. When [[Mario|you]] recover a [[Grand Star]], a little Star Power will be restored, and the beacon will grow.|Rosalina|Super Mario Galaxy}}
{{quote|That ball of flame represents the power of the [[Comet Observatory|observatory]]. We call it the beacon. When [[Mario|you]] recover a [[Grand Star]], a little Star Power will be restored, and the beacon will grow.|Rosalina|Super Mario Galaxy}}
The '''beacon''' is a large star-like reactor that powers the [[Comet Observatory]], including the space station's propulsion systems, its life support, and its [[dome]]s, introduced in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. The beacon begins as a small dim star, but as [[Mario]] collects more [[Grand Star]]s, the star becomes larger and brighter, allowing access to more domes. The [[Luma]]s need the beacon to survive. Through the course of the game, it changes colors from burgundy (no Grand Stars) to orange (one Grand Star), then yellow (two Grand Stars), green (three Grand Stars), sea green (four Grand Stars), blue (five Grand Stars), and finally turquoise (six Grand Stars). There is also an invisible wall that prevents the player from touching the beacon.
[[Image:Beacon.PNG|thumb|right|The '''Beacon''']]


In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', [[Starship Mario]] has, in its engine room, what appears to be a miniature beacon that runs on [[Power Star]]s. This miniature beacon is the energy source for the starship. It remains turquoise-colored for the entire game.
The '''Beacon''' is the large [[star|star-like]] reactor that powers the [[Comet Observatory]], including the space station's propulsion systems, life support, and its [[Dome]]s.  The Beacon begins as a small, dim star, but as [[Mario]] collects more [[Grand Star]]s, the star becomes larger and brighter, allowing access to more Domes. The Lumas need the beacon to survive. Through the course of the game, it changes colors from red to yellow, then to green, and then to a greenish-blue, then to blue and finally turquoise. There is also an invisible wall that prevents the player from touching the Beacon.


In ''[[Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope]]'', while the Comet Observatory is under [[Cursa]]'s control as part of [[Cursa's stronghold|its stronghold]], the beacon becomes the source of all [[Darkmess]] spreading across the galaxy, and also serves as the entrance to the core of the [[Darkmess Dimension]] where Cursa resides.
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', [[Starship Mario]] has, in its engine room, what appears to be a miniature beacon that runs on [[Power Star]]s. This miniature beacon is the energy source for the Starship.


==Gallery==
==Names in Other Languages==
<gallery>
{{foreignname
SMG Dead Beacon.png|The beacon with no Grand Stars
|FraE=Brasier
SMG Beacon 1 Star.png|The beacon with one Grand Star
|FraEM=Center
SMG Beacon 2 Stars.png|The beacon with two Grand Stars
SMG Beacon 3 Stars.png|The beacon with three Grand Stars
SMG Beacon 4 Stars.png|The beacon with four Grand Stars
SMG Beacon 5 Stars.png|The beacon with five Grand Stars
SMG Complete Beacon.png|The beacon with all Grand Stars
SMG2 Starship Mario Engine Room.png|The small beacon, as it appears in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
</gallery>
 
==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|file1=<tt>ObjectData/AstroCore.arc</tt>
|name1=AstroCore
|meaning1=Astro Core
|game2=''Super Mario Galaxy''
|file2=<tt>StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt>
|name2=天文台コア (''Tenmondai Koa'')
|meaning2=Observatory Core
}}
 
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=トーチ
|JapR=Tōchi
|JapM=Torch
|FreA=Balise
|FreAM=Beacon
|FreE=Brasier
|FreEM=Center
|Spa=Faro
|SpaM=Beacon
|Ger=Kraftfeld
|GerM=Force field
|Ita=Braciere
|ItaM=Brazier
|Kor=토치가
|KorR=Tochiga
|KorM=Torch
}}
}}


==Trivia==
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy]]
*The Grand Stars' effects on the beacon seem to resemble the way the flames of a real-life star change color and size as it "ages" and burns. However, there are no real-life stars with a green hue&mdash;instead, as they get heavier, stars turn from yellow to white, then blue.
[[Category:Objects]]
**The final color of the beacon is also similar to what was once mistakenly reported as the {{wp|Cosmic latte|average color of the universe}}, before the corrected color of cosmic latte was determined. [[Baby Luma]] is similar in color to cosmic latte.
[[Category:Stars]]
{{SMG}}
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy objects]]
[[it:Braciere]]

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