In the Southern Hemisphere, Orion appears inverted, and the belt and sword don't make much sense, so Southerners often call this group of stars "the Frying Pan." ...

Technology Best stargazing apps 2025: AR apps and virtual star maps to help you navigate the night sky. ... Orion's three belt stars are named Alnitak, Mintaka and Alnilam. In a telescope, ...

The three belt stars of Orion are actually part of a loose stellar association, a wide-open star cluster with a common origin, moving in space in tandem. From left to right, ...

">See a star map of Orion and nearby constellations] Orion ... From Orion's belt hang three more stars, forming Orion's sword. [Top 10 Winter Sky Targets] You may like ...

Embark on a fascinating journey through the cosmos and explore the iconic stars known as the Three Marias in Orion’s Belt. These stars—Mintaka, Alnilam, and Alnitak—are not only among the brightest in ...

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious constellation this month is Orion. To find Orion, face south and look for ...

On these chilly March evenings, there’s nothing quite as nice as a good belt, something to keep you all warm and toasty. I’m talking hot chocolate, tea or whatever.

The stars in Collinder 70 belong to the Orion OB1 association. OB associations are loose collections of young, hot, type O and B stars often separated by tens or hundreds of light-years.

For once, let’s not seek out the esoteric but do our exploring in one of the night’s most familiar places: the belt of Orion. Its leftmost star, Alnitak (pronounced ALL-nye-tack), is our focus ...

These stars are at nearly the same distance from us (from left, 800, 1,000 and 900 light years). They are blue-white giant stars, each about 20 times the mass of the sun.

These stars are at nearly the same distance from us (from left, 800, 1,000 and 900 light years). They are blue-white giant stars, each about 20 times the mass of the sun.

Other principal stars in Orion is the brilliant blue-white Rigel at lower right of the Belt and the fiery red-orange, brilliant Betelgeuse at upper left of the Belt.