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Constellation

Orion

The hunter of the winter sky

Description

Orion is recognisable by the three aligned stars of its 'Belt'. It contains Betelgeuse and Rigel and, below the belt, the Orion Nebula, visible to the naked eye as a fuzzy patch.

Did you know?

Lying on the celestial equator, Orion is visible from almost every inhabited place on Earth.