Orion's Belt is known as an asterism, a pattern of stars that is not one of the 88 official constellations. As its name suggests, Orion's Belt typically represents the waist of Orion in depictions ...

Among my constellation essays, I've probably written about the Orion constellation, the Hunter, more than any other and with good reason: No other star pattern can be compared to it. It has been ...

The constellation of Orion is one of the most easily recognizable, well known and brightest of star patterns in the sky. It may be second only to the Big Dipper as a star pattern most people may know.

On winter evenings, Orion is one of the easiest star patterns to find in the sky. Its identifying feature is a row of three stars which make up the belt of the legendary hunter, Orion. Above the ...

It's difficult for amateur astronomers to fully share the wonders of the night sky with a visually impaired child. Well, that task has gotten a bit easier thanks to All About Orion, the new book by ...

And it will detonate as a supernova soon thereafter. That will certainly change the look of Orion’s Belt — a pattern of stars that has always been noticed. (It’s mentioned in the Bible.

In the night sky, the brightest star pattern is called the Winter Hexagon. Bob King suggests starting with the easily identifiable constellation Orion. “You can find those belt stars in the ...

The Orion Nebula has already spawned more than ... Take a look at the overall pattern of the stars in NGC 1981. Some say they look like an alligator or crocodile as viewed safely from above.

Indeed, all of these spectacular attractions often draw attention away from some of the interesting, albeit, dimmer star patterns that just happen to be in Orion's immediate vicinity. Not misfits ...

The exception is the constellation Orion. It’s the one-star pattern that most everyone can imagine as the figure of a man … a hunter, with a starry belt with a sword hanging from it.

The oldest image of a star pattern, that of the famous constellation of Orion, has been recognised on an ivory tablet some 32,500 years old. The tiny sliver of mammoth tusk contains a carving of a man ...

Another myth says the goddess Artemis was tricked into killing Orion with her arrow and set his image in the stars. Sponsor Message If you look up at the sky tonight, you might recognize Orion by ...