objects or events you can see in the sky.

The three stars that form Orion's Belt are, from east to west, magnitude 1.7 Alnitak, magnitude 1.7 Alnilam, and magnitude 2.3 Mintaka. That first star, Alnitak, is a hot, blue-white O-type star ...

The very bright star in the center of the image is Alnitak. It’s the first star in Orion’s Belt. The Flame Nebula has a visual magnitude of +10.00. The Horsehead Nebula’s visual magnitude is +7.3.

A nice northern star group This week’s second object is ... You’ll find the Horsehead Nebula 0.5° south of magnitude 1.7 Alnitak (Zeta [ζ] Orionis). In a previous podcast, I talked about ...

The red supergiant star will "briefly blink off" when it becomes ... The trio of stars in Orion's Belt will be the easiest to spot first: Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka. Betelgeuse can be seen ...

Its most famous signpost are the three stars of Orions Belt — Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka ... The radiant point is close to the red supergiant star Betelgeuse, which will be above Orion ...