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Orion's Belt or The Belt of Orion is an asterism within the constellation. It consists of the three bright stars Zeta (Alnitak), Epsilon (Alnilam), and Delta (Mintaka). Alnitak is around 800 light years away from earth and is 100,000 times more luminous than the Sun and shines with magnitude 1.8; much of its radiation is in the ultraviolet ...
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Map showing the location of NGC 2169. NGC 2169 is an open cluster in the Orion constellation. It was possibly discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and discovered by William Herschel on October 15, 1784. [1] NGC 2169 is at a distance of about 3,600 light years away from Earth.
Orion's Belt is an asterism in the constellation of Orion.Other names include the Belt of Orion, the Three Kings, and the Three Sisters. [1] The belt consists of three bright and easily identifiable collinear star systems – Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka – nearly equally spaced in a line, spanning an angular size of ~ 140′ (2.3°).
Orion variable; well-studied protostar 2MASS J05352184-0546085: V2384: 05 h 35 m 21.84 s: −05° 46′ 08.6″ M7: eclipsing binary brown dwarf OMC-2 FIR 4: V2457: 05 h 35 m 26.97 s: −05° 09′ 54.5″ M7: has a circumstellar disk; Orion variable Orion Source I: 05 h 35 m 14.51 s: −05° 22′ 30.4″ protostellar binary Reipurth 50: 05 h ...
Constellation map. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. ... Orion (constellation) * List of stars in Orion; 0–9. 2MASS J05352184−0546085;