Orion - Saiph
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Owner:
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TheOnlyAaron
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Released:
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018
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Origin:
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Minnesota, United States
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To explore the universe!
Primarily my mission to visit interesting and significant locations related to science, astronomy, and exploration. Some examples would be Telescopes, Universities, laboratories, launch facilities, meteor impact sites, or anything else interesting that you can think of.
Thanks for helping us explore the universe!
This is part of a series ( 4 of 5 ) of trackables I made to celebrate the 1st birthday of my son! Each of the trackables in the series is named for one of 5 stars in the constellation of Orion. I look forward to showing him where all of his trackables have traveled some day.
Saiph, also designated Kappa Orionis is the sixth-brightest star in the constellation of Orion. Of the four bright stars that compose Orion's main quadrangle, it is the star at the south-eastern corner. A northern-hemisphere observer facing south would see it at the lower left of Orion, and a southern-hemisphere observer facing north would see it at the upper right. Parallax measurements yield an estimated distance of 650 light-years (198 parsecs) from the Sun, which is about the same as Betelgeuse. It is smaller, less luminous but hotter at its surface than Rigel with an apparent visual magnitude of 2.1. The luminosity of this star changes slightly, varying by 0.04 magnitudes.
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