viewing E the whole time

Holy mackerel. Just looked up in the Washington Double Star database ξ (xi) Orionis. And found 5 entries at 06119+1413: J  2016AB, JRN  25AD, DAL  40AE, J  2016BC, and JRN  25BD.

How about that. An E star. I checked the position angles and distances.

Isn't that interesting! A magnitude 11.8 star... So it was not my imagination on 4 Apr 2013 or last weekend... Kinda cool.

It was also interesting to note that the B star looks like it is bookin'! The separation has decreased by almost 10 seconds of arc in the last 60 years.