Obviously I have to answer this one - Orion the mighty Hunter is a constellation, not a galaxy, of stars as seen from earth. It is a "winter" group as it is seen in the early evening hours from fall winter, to early morning, winter/spring. Any constellation seen from anywhere in our solar system besides earth will not look like they do from earth, as the constellations are visual groupings and not physical. The belt in Orion is made up of three stars that are no where near each other in space.
Orion boasted to the gods that a mighty hunter he was and no animal could get the best of him. This angered the gods so they sent the little scorpion. The scorpion stung Orion, poisoned and killed him. As this was the gods plan, and they did acknowledge Orion to be a great hunter, they placed both of them in the sky. Orion is a winter group and scorpio is a summer group. So they constantly chase each other but will never catch each other again.
Orion lies in what is referred to a star nursery. This part of the sky is empty compared to the summer sky but the nebulae and clusters are beautiful in their own right as new stars forming.
The upper right most star lies just about on the celestial equator so it is handy in finding things on sky charts.
Orion is not a single star but is part of a constellation
Stars in the Constellation
The constellation is extremely rich in bright stars and in deep-sky objects. Here are some of its stars.
Star Magnitude Open Clusters Nebulae
Rigel 0.12 NGC 1981 NGC 1976
Betelgeuse 0.5 NGC 2175 NGC 1982
Bellatrix 1.64 Nil NGC 2068
Alnilam 1.70 Nil IC 434
Alnitak 1.77 Nil Nil
λ Ori (Meissa) is Orion's head.
α Ori (Betelgeuse), at its right shoulder, is a red star with a diameter larger than the orbit of Mars. Although it is the α-star, it is somewhat fainter than Rigel.
γ Ori (Bellatrix), is at Orion's left shoulder.
ζ Ori (Alnitak), ε Ori (Alnilam) and δ Ori (Mintaka) make up the asterism known as Orion's Belt: three bright stars in a row; from these alone one can recognize Orion.
η Ori (Eta Orionis), between Delta Orionis and Rigel.
κ Ori (Saiph) is at Orion's right knee.
β Ori (Rigel), at the constellation's left knee, is a large blue-white star, among the brightest in the sky. It has three companions, invisible to the naked eye.
ι Ori (Hatsya) is at the tip of Orion's sword.
In common with many other bright stars, the names Betelgeuse, Rigel, Saiph, Alnitak, Mintaka, Alnilam, Hatsya and Meissa originate from the Arabic language.
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Obviously I have to answer this one - Orion the mighty Hunter is a constellation, not a galaxy, of stars as seen from earth. It is a "winter" group as it is seen in the early evening hours from fall winter, to early morning, winter/spring. Any constellation seen from anywhere in our solar system besides earth will not look like they do from earth, as the constellations are visual groupings and not physical. The belt in Orion is made up of three stars that are no where near each other in space.
Orion boasted to the gods that a mighty hunter he was and no animal could get the best of him. This angered the gods so they sent the little scorpion. The scorpion stung Orion, poisoned and killed him. As this was the gods plan, and they did acknowledge Orion to be a great hunter, they placed both of them in the sky. Orion is a winter group and scorpio is a summer group. So they constantly chase each other but will never catch each other again.
Orion lies in what is referred to a star nursery. This part of the sky is empty compared to the summer sky but the nebulae and clusters are beautiful in their own right as new stars forming.
The upper right most star lies just about on the celestial equator so it is handy in finding things on sky charts.
I don't know what you mean by "galeceıse" -- I've never seen this word before. Do you possibly mean "galaxies"?
Orion is not a star. It is a constellation, a group of stars as seen from the perspective of the Earth.
Orion is not a single star but is part of a constellation
Stars in the Constellation
The constellation is extremely rich in bright stars and in deep-sky objects. Here are some of its stars.
Star Magnitude Open Clusters Nebulae
Rigel 0.12 NGC 1981 NGC 1976
Betelgeuse 0.5 NGC 2175 NGC 1982
Bellatrix 1.64 Nil NGC 2068
Alnilam 1.70 Nil IC 434
Alnitak 1.77 Nil Nil
λ Ori (Meissa) is Orion's head.
α Ori (Betelgeuse), at its right shoulder, is a red star with a diameter larger than the orbit of Mars. Although it is the α-star, it is somewhat fainter than Rigel.
γ Ori (Bellatrix), is at Orion's left shoulder.
ζ Ori (Alnitak), ε Ori (Alnilam) and δ Ori (Mintaka) make up the asterism known as Orion's Belt: three bright stars in a row; from these alone one can recognize Orion.
η Ori (Eta Orionis), between Delta Orionis and Rigel.
κ Ori (Saiph) is at Orion's right knee.
β Ori (Rigel), at the constellation's left knee, is a large blue-white star, among the brightest in the sky. It has three companions, invisible to the naked eye.
ι Ori (Hatsya) is at the tip of Orion's sword.
In common with many other bright stars, the names Betelgeuse, Rigel, Saiph, Alnitak, Mintaka, Alnilam, Hatsya and Meissa originate from the Arabic language.