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Arcturus and Pollux Orion

Arcturus and Pollux Orion. Avery and Kaiya. Arcturus. The name derives from ancient Greek meaning Guardian of the Bear. Arabic: one of two stars called al- Simak (the uplifted one) Red, giant star w/ /1.46 magnitude 36.66 light years 4 th Brightest star. RA: 14h15m DEC: 19 O.

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Arcturus and Pollux Orion

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  1. Arcturus and PolluxOrion Avery and Kaiya

  2. Arcturus • The name derives from ancient Greek meaning Guardian of the Bear. • Arabic: one of two stars called al-Simak (the uplifted one) • Red, giant star w/ /1.46 magnitude • 36.66 light years • 4th Brightest star. • RA: 14h15m • DEC: 19O

  3. Pollux • “Castor and Pollux” according to Roman mythology. Zeus seduced Leda by disguising himself as a swan. Castor was born by King of Sparta, Pollux by Zeus. Castor died, Pollux wanted to join him in Hades, so Zeus was sympathetic and placed both in the sky. • 17th Brightest star in the sky • 33.7 light years • “bright star” w/ luminosity 32 times that of the sun. • The brightest star in the sky with a known planet orbiting it • RA: 7h45m • DEC: 28.1O

  4. Orion • The sun of Neptune with an amazon huntress as a mother. He became the world’s greatest hunter, became overly confident, and came to a tragic end when an itty-bitty scorpion stung him. • Another version, he got a little too close with Diana, and Apollo in anger bet his sister that she couldn’t hit a distant target. She did and it turns out the target was Orion. • He is in the sky as a hunter attacking a bull and can be identified by his belt of three large stars.

  5. Orion Significant Objects • Two of the brightest stars: Rigel and Betelgeuse. • Contains Messier 42: Orion Nebula (a diffuse emission/reflection)

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