Orion is a constellation, therefore, a direction in the sky. It is not an object whose size can be measured.
A constellation is not a physical thing. The stars in Orion are all at different distances. The main stars that make up the figure of Orion range from about 240 light-years to over 1300 light-years from Earth.
The constellation Orion? It isn't getting any larger, or at least not quickly. Constellations are not actual objects; they are just lines that we (or our ancient ancestors!) imagined between the stars in the night sky. Some of the stars are close, while many of them are quite distant. Red giant star Betelgeuse, for example, is about 640 light years away, while Rigel is about 800 LY away.
The three stars of Orion's belt, appear to us as a perfect straight line. However, in reality, all three stars have a different distance from us.
So there is no real answer.
Orion is a constellation ... a group of stars in the sky, associated only because
the brains of some human observers perceived a pattern and decided to group
them. There's no actual connection or association among those stars, and they're
all at different distances from Earth.
This contributor happens to have a personal interest in that particular constellation,
since my wife, several years ago, spent perfectly good money to have a star named
after me, and they gave me one in Orion. I can't afford a telescope powerful enough
to see it, so I have to take their word for it. Wherever it is, trust me, its distance is
also different from the distance to any other star in Orion.
A constellation is a collection of stars. Since each star is a different distance form the Earth,constellations are not measured in this way.
Orion is a constellation, a group of stars rather than just one star. The closest star in the constellation is around 17.5 lightyears away.
Betelguese is 425 lightyears from earth. It is also the closest star to our sun.
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Because it looks like the belt of the hunter Orion, as depicted in the stars of the constellation Orion.
it looks like a hunter with a sword Orion is a constellation, used in ancient times, by astrologers, to identify the stars in the night sky. As stated above, Orion is known as 'Orion the hunter'. You'd have to search for an astrological map to know exactly which stars it contains. The most prominent feature of Orion is called 'Orion's Belt'. The belt contains three prominent stars that align and appear to be equally spaced. These three stars are generally easy to pick out in the night sky.
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.
Ezra Orion was born in 1934.
Rigel is in Orion, but not in its belt. It is the very bright star at the bottom right as we look at Orion. It is estimated to be anything between 700 and 900 light years away. 700 light years would be about 6,612,165,304,151,910 kilometres and 900 light years would be about 8,501,335,391,052,460 kilometres.
It is a collection of stars which appeared to the ancient people to look like Orion the Hunter.
Usually they are named of what they look like, like the "Horse Head Nebula". Although some nebulas are named of where they are, like "The Orion Nebula", right below "Orion's Belt".
Because it looks like the belt of the hunter Orion, as depicted in the stars of the constellation Orion.
Orion is said to have been appealing to look upon, and able to manipulate water.
it looks like a hunter with a sword Orion is a constellation, used in ancient times, by astrologers, to identify the stars in the night sky. As stated above, Orion is known as 'Orion the hunter'. You'd have to search for an astrological map to know exactly which stars it contains. The most prominent feature of Orion is called 'Orion's Belt'. The belt contains three prominent stars that align and appear to be equally spaced. These three stars are generally easy to pick out in the night sky.
SW?
You look south. It will be right by Orion
Yes, some nebulae can be seen with the naked eye, if you know where to look. They are better seen with binoculars, but in the right conditions some can be seen with the naked eye, like the Orion nebula, in the constellation of Orion.
Orion is somewhere in the sky at some time of night during roughly 9 months of the year. The best month to see it depends on what time you want to go out and look at it. If you're like most people who do their gazing between dinner and bed-time, then the best time to see Orion is in the Winter and early Spring.
South
because thats the season it comes out
Its famous red star is Betelgeuse, a red giant and very noticeably red when you look at it. It is in the top left corner of Orion.