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Orion’s Sword Sparkles in Wyoming Skies Tonight
With the Moon now out of the way, this is a great time to look at the spectacular Sword of Orion region which contains the ...
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The Sky This Week from January 10 to 17: Mars reaches opposition
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 ...
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The multiple star Beta Monocerotis, open cluster NGC 2281, and the Horsehead Nebula
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 ...
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The 9–12 Geminorum Cluster, the Orion Nebula (M42), and the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024)
If you dial in this distance, however, you’ll find yourself staring at magnitude 2.0 Alnitak (Zeta [ζ] Orionis), the southernmost star in Orion’s Belt. The Flame Nebula sits only 15 ...
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Seen The Comet? Now See It With ‘Shooting Stars’ From Halley’s Comet
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 ...