I was out last night looking (without telescope) to determine location.
Just at the horizon was the star above Orions belt (Ori_Alp_58, it has a common name, don't
know it off hand) which has a high red factor. Boy was it moving around in the atmosphere, it
made the point to me about shifting.


This last bit we can only chalk up to hysteria. NO ONE saw PX unless they desparately WANTED to. It simply wasn't there.


Just to clarify this last bit. (Written Sept 2002)
I was referring to betelgeuse (Ori_Alp_58) not PX. Atmospheric conditions may have been the cause?

I never had any personal visual sighting of PX (and I was looking for it) in March-May 2003. One of the reasons I backed off in March 2003 and waited for final date of May 15 2003, to post the denial of claim on Sci.Astro.

Your other points made are accepted as correct.

Regards
JWD