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Orion
Orion, also known as The Hunter, is a prominent constellation. It is made up of several parts, such as Orion's Belt and Orion's Sword.
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How many very bright stars form a line often referred to as Orion belt?
According to NASA's website, three stars called Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka form Orion's Belt.
Is Orion's belt cracking open?
"Orion's Belt" is not an object. It's the name that ancient human observers gave to
a group of three stars that have no relationship to each other, but appear almost in
a line as seen from Earth. There's nothing there to crack open, and there's not even
a "there" there, so, sure enough, it isn't.
A Stellar Nebula is the dying core of a star surrounded by new stars. The dying core could be several different ages depending on what type of star it is and where it is on the H-R diagram. Red stars are the coolest, then Orange/Yellow (our sun), Then the hottest is blue. Another thing that comes to factor is how large the star was. Larger stars burn fuel faster then smaller ones and therefore have a shorter life. A Stellar Nebula is the first stage in the life cycle of a star.
Orion got its name from Artemies. Orion was a great hunter. Atemies brother, Apollo, tricked his sister Artemies and Artemies killed Orion. After she found out it was a trick from her brother, she felt bad for him that she put him up in the sky with his name
another version is that Orion was fighting with a scorpion but got killed by the scorpion. so Artemies put both of them into the sky. But she put them up into the sky in the opposit side of the sky.
The Orion constellation got its name due to the fact that it resembled the character Orion from mythology. Orion was a great hunter and the constellation resembles a hunter.
Where is Andromeda in the Orion's belt?
The three stars forming Orion's Belt range from about 5hr30min to 5hr41min in
Right Ascension, and their declinations are are within about 2 degrees of the
celestial equator.
Where you have to look in order to see that part of the sky depends entirely on
your location and the date.
What could be the hissing sound coming from your Pontiac Bonnevil when you accelerate?
maybe clogged air filter or carburettar is sucking air and needs repairing
Orion, the legendary hunter in Greek Mythology, has two differing backstories. In the first, he is the son of Poseidon, and possesses the ability to walk on water. In the other, he doesn't have any specified powers, but in both stories he is described as being an exceptional hunter.
What will die out first the Orion star or our sun?
There is no such thing as "the Orion star". Orion is a constellation - which is basically a general direction in the sky, and there are many, many stars in that constellation.
What season is the best to observe the constellation orion?
Orion is clearly visible in the night sky from November to February.
No, Orion is not getting larger. The Orion constellation appears to change position in the sky due to the Earth's rotation, but its physical size remains constant.
Why is orians belt called orians belt?
Orion's Belt or the Belt of Orion, is in the constellation Orion. The three bright stars forming the belt are Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka. As with all constellations, stars and planets, most were named many years ago, as humans tried to work out the Universe and their place in it. Though you can look into a night sky and see Orion's Belt, some other stars are in the far, far distance, while some stars appear to be less far away. In other words, the stars in the night sky are not in a single 2D plain, but in a 3D plain stretching out into infinity.
To actually answer the question: Orion was a hunter in Greek mythology. He was the son of the sea-god Poseidon and Euryale, daughter of Minos, King of Crete.
As there are so many myths and legend (Roman and Greek, and others), with one myth leading onto another, and often depicted in the night sky, I must force myself to stop here!
Orion's Belt is made up of 3 main stars.
From left to right as seen from Earth :-
- Zeta Orionis or Alnitak is a triple system of 2 blue supergiant stars of spectral type O9 and a smaller blue/white giant star of type B0 III. It is approx. 800 light years away.
- Epsilon Orionis or Alnilam is a blue/white supergiant star of spectral type B0 Iab. It is approx 1,300 light years from Earth.
- Deta Orionis or Mintaka is a binary system of a bright blue giant star of spectral type O.5 III and a blue/white star of type B2 V. It is approx. 900 light years from us.
What is the name of big deeper in Orion constellation?
Astronomers call that shape the Pot because it looks like aPot or a dipper as you say.
Where can you find constellation Orion?
Orion is in between Canis the Dog with the brightest star in the sky, and Taurus. The easiest location is when setting because they line up on the west horizon in a straight line. Taurus to the west looks like a sling-shot Y.
Where does Orion apper in the sky?
Orion, the Greek hunter is a major constellation located approx. 5 hr 30 min right ascension and just about on the celestial equator.
Is Orion is different from Ursa Major and Ursa Minor and how?
They are 3 different constellations. So they look different, have different stars, are in different parts of the sky, are seen at different times. There are many other differences too.
When was Orion the hunter found?
orion the hunter was first found when the greeks first applied this group of stars and named them orion.
