It is named after Orion, the hunter from Greek mythology.
No, Orion is not a horse. He is a hunter.
There was one a man named Orion and his favourite belt had broken that day and he discovered the 'Orion's Belt' constellation and named it that in honour of his favourite belt.
orion the hunter was first found when the greeks first applied this group of stars and named them orion.
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".
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.
It is named after Orion, the hunter from Greek mythology.
No, Orion is not a horse. He is a hunter.
There was one a man named Orion and his favourite belt had broken that day and he discovered the 'Orion's Belt' constellation and named it that in honour of his favourite belt.
orion the hunter was first found when the greeks first applied this group of stars and named them orion.
Orion gets it name from Greek mythology; it is named after 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".
Orion is a constellation named after the Greek hunter Orion. It resembles a hunter with a shield in his hand and a belt with three stars with a sword hanging from it.
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
The constellation is Orion
Becuz he was dying
The constellation Orion was named after the greek hunter Orion, who was supposedly put into among the stars by Artemis after she was tricked into killing him by her brother Apollo. Another version is that after a giant scorpion killed Orion, Artemis put the scorpion and Orion into the stars. She apparently made it so that Orion and the scorpion would always be on opposite sides of the sky.