2 names of the Covid Variants "beta and delta* are in the Skies tonight with the Woman and the Dragon

Alpha, beta, gamma, delta: How variants of the COVID-19 virus continue to evolve.

The delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been making headlines as it has quickly become the most prevalent strain in America. But other variants of the virus are still out there, and more will form as the virus continues to spread.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 15

First-quarter Moon (exact at 11:20 a.m. EDT). This evening the Moon shines near the head of Scorpius. Look left of the Moon for the roughly vertical row of Beta, Delta, and fainter Pi Scorpii, between the Moon and Antares. Delta's proper name, Dschubba, is from the Arabic for "Forehead" of the scorpion.

The Mark of the Beast. He also causes all—the small and the great, the rich and the poor, the free and the slave—to receive a mark on their right hand or upon their forehead.

Delta is the brightest of the three. It's an irregular variable star: a fast-rotating blue subgiant throwing off luminous gas from its equator. It has a smaller orbiting companion that seems to trigger more such activity at 10.5-year intervals. Long presumed to be stable, Delta unexpectedly doubled in brightness in the summer of 2000 and has remained nearly that bright, with fluctuations, for many of the years since.

Astronomers are waiting to see whether it will display another flareup soon, when the companion makes its third pass by the primary star since the instability started in 2000.

[link to skyandtelescope.org (secure)]

Revelation 12:16

But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.
Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.

Last Edited by christian on 08/16/2021 12:08 AM