Ad
related to: star chart of orion constellation model
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Chinese character 參 (pinyin shēn) originally meant the constellation Orion (Chinese: 參宿; pinyin: shēnxiù); its Shang dynasty version, over three millennia old, contains at the top a representation of the three stars of Orion's belt atop a man's head (the bottom portion representing the sound of the word was added later). [31]
Pi 6 Orionis (π 6 Ori, π 6 Orionis) is a solitary [9] star in the eastern part of the constellation Orion. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.469. [2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 3.45 mas, [1] it is around 950 light-years from the Sun.
Pi 4 Orionis (π 4 Ori, π 4 Orionis) is a binary star system in the western part of the Orion constellation. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.7. [2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 3.1 mass, [1] it is located roughly 1,050 light-years from the Sun.
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Orion, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. mag. abs. mag. Dist. Sp. class Notes Rigel:
Uranometria 's page of the constellation Orion. Uranometria is a star atlas produced by Johann Bayer.It was published in Augsburg in 1603 by Christoph Mang (Christophorus Mangus) [1] under the full title Uranometria: omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa (from Latin: Uranometria, containing charts of all the constellations, drawn by a new ...
The Trapezium or Orion Trapezium Cluster, also known by its Bayer designation of Theta 1 Orionis (θ 1 Orionis), is a tight open cluster of stars in the heart of the Orion Nebula, in the constellation of Orion. It was discovered by Galileo Galilei. On 4 February 1617 he sketched three of the stars (A, C and D), but missed the surrounding ...
Detail of Bayer's chart for Orion showing the belt stars and Orion Nebula region, with both Greek and Latin letter labels visible. A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek or Latin letter followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name. The original list of Bayer ...
Pi 5 Orionis (π 5 Ori, π 5 Orionis) is a binary star system in the constellation Orion. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 3.69, [2] which is bright enough to be visible to the naked eye on a clear night. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 2.43 mas, [1] it is around 1,300 light-years distant from the Sun.