Do you want to hold the knowledge of the stars? After this article, you should be able to to go out, observe the night sky, and find the constellation Orion.

Orion

Orion is a dramatic and stunningly beautiful constellation that contains many beautiful stars and many deep-sky objects. Orion is used to navigate to many of the other constellations and stars in the sky including Taurus, Auriga, Perseus, the Pleiades, Gemini and Canis Major.

"Orion is clearly visible in the night sky from November to February. Orion is in the southwestern sky if you are in the Northern Hemisphere or the northwestern sky if you are in the Southern Hemisphere. It is best seen between latitudes 85 and minus 75 degrees. Its right ascension is five hours, and its declination is five degrees." —Kim Ann Zimmermann

Orion the Hunter

"There are several “reasons” in mythology for why Orion ended up in the sky. One was because he was too boastful about how many animals he could kill — so he was put there to teach humility, since he and his dogs (Canis Major and Canis Minor) chase after animals in the sky but can’t catch them. Some say he died from a scorpion bite, and other legends say he was killed by his lover Artemis accidentally, when her brother Apollo tricked her to shooting an arrow at him."—Elizabeth Howel

The Story of Orion

The myth of Orion is that he proclaimed himself to be the greatest hunter in the world. This angered Hera, the wife of Zeus, so she sent a scorpion to kill him. Then, in sympathy, Zeus put Orion into the sky as constellation .

Fun Fact:

Orion is the most prominent of the constellations located above the Equator.

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NASA, https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap030207.html.

Zimmermann, Kim Ann. “Orion Constellation: Facts About the Hunter.” Space.com, Space, 8 Nov. 2017, https://www.space.com/16659-constellation-orion.html.