Constellations
Orion's Sword
In Orion
Also known as orions sword.
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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's Sword
- What it is
- A star pattern: The short line of stars hanging below the Belt
- Family
- Famous star patterns
- Where
- Along the celestial equator: seen from both hemispheres
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in January
- Centre
- Right ascension 5h 36m, declination −4° 38′
- The figure
- 3 stars joined by 2 lines
- Brightest star
- Hatysa, magnitude 2.77
It sits in Orion.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Hatysa (ι Ori)mag 2.77
- σ Orimag 3.73
- Trapezium (θ1 Ori)mag 4.66
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