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The Orion Arm is a minor spiral arm of the Milky Way Galaxy some 3,500 light years across and approximately 10,000 light years in length.

Also referred to as the Local Arm, the Local Spuror the Orion Spur.

It would be impossible to say how many stars are located within it, as there is no real defining boundary. A guesstimate would be in the order of a few billion.

See link for a pictorial representation of the Milky Way Galaxy and the Orion Arm.

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Orion is also a constellation. It contains 2 shoulder stars, 3 belt stars, 2 weapon stars, 9 shield stars and 4 swords stars and is comprised of about 20 stars.

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Orion's Belt or The Belt of Orion is an astronomical asterism in the constellation Orion and do not have a constellation itself. However, Orion's Belt consists of the three bright stars Ori (Alnitak), Ori (Alnilam), and Ori (Mintaka).

The same three stars are known in Latin America as "The Three Marys". They also mark the northern night sky when the sun is at it's lowest point.

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There are 23 stars that make up Orion and 3 that make up the belt.

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8: Betelgeuse, Miessa, Bellatrix, Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka, Saiph, and Rigel.

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Three stars make up Orion's Belt - Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka

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There 3 stars in orion's belt: Mintaka (westernmost) Alnilam (center) Alnitak (easternmost)

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23 stars are in orion's belt i was just gettting the answer for science

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There are 3 stars in Orion's belt. Starting from left to right, they are Alniltak, Alnilam and Mintaka.
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Alnilam, Alnitak and Mintaka are the 3 stars that make up Orion's belt.

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3 main ones going across / horizontal, then another 3 'dots' in the sky downwards / vertical which is consisted of another 2 stars and Orion's Nebula.

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