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According to NASA's website, three stars called Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka form Orion's Belt.

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Q: How many very bright stars form a line often referred to as Orion belt?
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Who was marked by three bright stars on his belt?

Orion


What is orion's belt?

Orion's Belt are the three bright stars in the center of the constellation Orion, the hunter. The center of the three stars is named Alnilam. Constellation


What is a description for Orion?

The easiest way to identify Orion (the Hunter) is the 3 bright stars in line forming Orion's belt.


Which constellation is marked by three bright stars in his belt?

Orion


What is a constellation has 7 bright stars and what makes its belt?

Orion and his belt


What is the belt of Orion?

The three bright stars, Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka. They are also referred to as Delta, Epsilon and Zeta Orionis. They all lie on or close to the Celestial Equator.


He is marked by three bright stars in his belt?

Orion, the hunter in Greek mythology.


Is Ursa Major brighter than Orion the hunter?

No - Orion has more bright stars within it than any other constellation.


Where are the adverbs in this sentence The stars in the constellation of Orion are very bright?

"Very" is the only adverb in that sentence. It is modifying the adjective "bright".


What is the name of the bright winter constellation with a belt of three stars and contains a famous nebula?

Orion


What important stars are in Orion's Belt?

The three bright stars in the belt are Delta, Epsilon, and Zeta Orionis, also known as Mintaka, Alnilam, and Alnitak respectively. The stars are named from north to south (or west to east; from Orion's left to his right).


Is Orion a single star or a group of stars?

Technically, neither. "Orion" is a name for a specific patch of sky which contains a few bright stars, a rather larger of dim-but-still-visible stars, and millions upon millions of stars that are so far away that they are invisibly dim.