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Orion

Orion. Constellation: The Hunter. Orion. Orionis Abbreviation Ori 5 stars with known planets 3 Messier Objects M42, M43, M78 2 meteor showers Orionids October Halley’s Comet χ Orionids. Orion. Astride the celestial equator Visible from all over the world

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Orion

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  1. Orion Constellation: The Hunter

  2. Orion • Orionis • Abbreviation Ori • 5 stars with known planets • 3 Messier Objects • M42, M43, M78 • 2 meteor showers • Orionids • October • Halley’s Comet • χOrionids

  3. Orion • Astride the celestial equator • Visible from all over the world • One of best-known constellations in sky • Brightest stars identified as a person worldwide for thousands of years • No other looks so like its name

  4. Orion • A celestial pointer

  5. Orion • The Giza pyramid complex said to be a sky-map of Osiris • Great Pyramid of Giza • Pyramid of Khafre • Pyramid of Menkaure

  6. Orion • Stars • Betelgeuse • Rigel • Bellatrix

  7. Orion • Betelgeuse • Astronomers predict will likely explode • current variability suggests (??) within next thousand years

  8. Orion • Orion Nebula • M42

  9. Orion • Cultural references • Horace’s Odes • Homer’s Odyssey & Illiad • Virgil’s Aeneid • Milton’s Paradice Lost • Tennyson’s Locksley Hall • Biblical references (4 times)

  10. Orion • Cultural references • Orion is a protector in Jimmy Buffet’s The Jolly Mon • And Orion the cat…

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