A rare occultation of Betelgeuse

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• Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  On Dec. 11th (USA) and 12th (Europe), main belt asteroid Leona will pass directly in front of Betelgeuse, a first-magnitude star in the shoulder of Orion. Millions of people in a narrow path stretching from South Florida to Italy and Greece can look up and see the red giant dim or even vanish.

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