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The Orion Nebula was not formed from a single supernova or nova event. It is a stellar nursery where new stars are currently being formed. The nebula is created by the glowing gas and dust illuminated by newly formed stars within it.
A constellation of stars formed along the sky.
Orion is a constellation made up in the minds of the ancients to represent "Orion" a hunter in mythology. The Orion Nebula is a diffuse nebula located south or Orion's belt. It is an area of extensive star formation. It is only called Orion Nebula as it is seen within the constellation of Orion. See related questions
Rigel is located in the constellation of Orion. It is the brightest star in the Orion constellation and can be seen as the left foot of the giant in Orion.
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The Orion Nebula was not formed from a single supernova or nova event. It is a stellar nursery where new stars are currently being formed. The nebula is created by the glowing gas and dust illuminated by newly formed stars within it.
It wasn't formed as such. Orion, like all constellations, is a group of individual stars that have no relation to each other, but from our perspective they appear to make a noticeable pattern in the sky. They are different sizes, different distances away and so on, but just happen to seem to form a particular pattern. So constellations are in effect formed through the imagination of people. We look up at all the stars in the sky and through our own imagination they look like things, so we name that group as a constellation. Orion and the other constellations were created in that way. In reality, every star in Orion was individually formed. They were not formed together as a unit at the same time. If you were in a completely different part of the galaxy, the stars of Orion would look completely different in terms of a pattern, and some may not look connected in any way. So were you halfway between two of the stars of Orion, they would be on completely opposite sides of the sky to you, so would not be part of the same patterns that you would see.
A constellation of stars formed along the sky.
One.Orion doesn't "have constellations". Orion is a constellation.
Orion is a constellation made up in the minds of the ancients to represent "Orion" a hunter in mythology. The Orion Nebula is a diffuse nebula located south or Orion's belt. It is an area of extensive star formation. It is only called Orion Nebula as it is seen within the constellation of Orion. See related questions
Rigel is located in the constellation of Orion. It is the brightest star in the Orion constellation and can be seen as the left foot of the giant in Orion.
Star formation was a one-time event. Star decay and death still occur, but stars can only be newly observed, not newly formed.
The Orion telescopes are named after the constellation with the same name, the Orion constellation. The Orion constellation is named after the hunter in Greek mythology also with the same name, Orion.
Orion is a constellation
Orion.
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Betelgeuse is part of Orion, it is the red star on Orion's left shoulder.