Orion

Kaydi Kochi and Rebecca Sekban

The Hunter

• It is a celestial constellation.• It is located at the celestial equator.• It is also the most prominent

constellation.

Orion’s Belt

• Three bright stars in a row• Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka• Approximately 800 light years away from

Earth • Alnitak: Super Giant, 800 light years, 10,000

times greater than the sun• Alnilam: Super Giant, 1000 light years,

18,000 times greater than the sun• Mintaka: Super Giant, 900 light years, 7,000

times greater than the sun

Orion

• The belt is often used as way to navigate other stars, and constellations.

Orion

• The constellation formed over 1.5 million years ago.

• It is supposed to be in the night sky for up to 1 to 2 million years.

Orion

• This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows infant stars "hatching" in the head of the hunter constellation, Orion.

• Astronomers suspect that shockwaves from a supernova explosion in Orion's head

Orion’s Constellation

• 3-D view

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