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Old 03-03-2019, 08:00 PM
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mental4astro (Alexander)
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What am I seeing beside Rigel right now???

I'm looking at Rigel right now (7:57pm Sydney time), and I am seeing a star that I've not seen beside Rigel before!

Sky Safari shows no such star beside it.

I am using 250X with an 8" SCT, and estimate the separation about 40' (diameter of Jupiter).

"Companion star' is maybe mag 7, mag 8.

Most peculiar.

Alex.
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