Constellations
Orion (Ori)
The Hunter
Also known as hunter.
6 looks for Orion
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Orion
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Hunter
- IAU abbreviation
- Ori
- Its stars are named
- Orionis (as in "Alpha Orionis")
- Family
- Orion family
- Where
- Along the celestial equator: seen from both hemispheres
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in January
- Centre
- Right ascension 5h 26m, declination +6° 59′
- The figure
- 23 stars joined by 24 lines
- Brightest star
- Rigel, magnitude 0.12
Star patterns in it: Orion's Belt, Orion's Sword, Winter Triangle, Winter Hexagon.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Rigel (β Ori)mag 0.12
- Betelgeuse (α Ori)mag 0.50
- Bellatrix (γ Ori)mag 1.64
- Alnilam (ε Ori)mag 1.70
- Alnitak (ζ Ori)mag 1.91
- Saiph (κ Ori)mag 2.06
- Mintaka (δ Ori)mag 2.21
- Tabit (π3 Ori)mag 3.19
- Saif al Jabbar (η Ori)mag 3.36
- Meissa (λ Ori)mag 3.39
- π4 Orimag 3.69
- π5 Orimag 3.72
- ο2 Orimag 4.07
- μ Orimag 4.12
- Al Taj (π2 Ori)mag 4.36
- χ1 Orimag 4.41
- ν Orimag 4.42
- π6 Orimag 4.47
- ξ Orimag 4.48
- χ2 Orimag 4.63
- π1 Orimag 4.65
- 11 Orimag 4.68
- 15 Orimag 4.82
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation