For once, let’s not seek out the esoteric but do our exploring in one of the night’s most familiar places: the belt of Orion. Its leftmost star, Alnitak (pronounced ALL-nye-tack), is our focus ...

Embark on a fascinating journey through the cosmos and explore the iconic stars known as the Three Marias in Orion’s Belt. These stars—Mintaka, Alnilam, and Alnitak—are not only among the brightest in ...

Once you have found the belt, look for a smaller vertical line of stars just below and a slight glow object within them. That glow is a giant molecular cloud, the Orion Nebulae, a member of the ...

To find Orion, face south and look for Orion’s Belt. It’s made of three moderately bright stars close together in a row and found high in the southern sky. Then look for ruddy Betelgeuse ...

So, Orion is the most recognizable constellation as far as I’m concerned. Its calling card is the three stars neatly lined up in a row that make up the celestial hunter’s belt. There’s no ...

Though the stars, especially in Orion’s Belt, appear close to one another, they’re actually hundreds of light years apart. One is 800 light-years away, another is 1,300 light-years away ...

Orion’s great calling card is, without a doubt, his belt, made up of three bright stars close together in a darn near straight line. Even though the belt stars Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka look ...

After dark, look for three stars in a row about halfway up in the southern sky – that is Orion’s Belt. From left to right, the belt stars are named Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka. Although the ...

The brightest star, and the nearest to earth are hardly household names the same way Orion's belt is. But, understanding which star's claim each title and where they are in relation to us can help ...