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It’s all relative

Betelgeuse may have a sun-sized companion star
that orbits it about once every 2,100 days, astronomy writer Lisa Grossman reported in “Betelgeuse’s invisible buddy.”

The story describes Betelgeuse as “the red giant that marks Orion’s left shoulder.” Reader Chris Jespersen wrote: “I often see Betelgeuse on Orion’s right shoulder….