On the next night, Thursday, July 14th, The moon completed the "constellation"
by taking the place of Rigel.
-Paul
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From: Jack Jones <telescoper@xxxxxxx>
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 20:03:04 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: The False Orion
Well I'm glad Mars is safe. I was worried there for a minute. I'm sure
Antares is the one that's really ticked off over this whole thing. Being
relegated to a stand-in for Betelgeuse and not the New Mars - this could
mean war!
Jack
On Wednesday, July 13, 2016, Paul Lind <pulind@xxxxx> wrote:
Someone said to me: "There's Orion". I said wow, that's really unusual,
it's July! But in the south there's this false constellation of Orion,
minus Rigel. Orion's lying on his side. Antares is Betelgeuse, Saturn is
Bellatrix, a couple of Scorpius' claws form the belt, and Mars is Saiph. I
guess Rigel got a whole lot fainter. Check it out, he won't last too long.
Paul
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