how to spot orion(one of the most famous star patterns)

in #patterns7 years ago
  1. Face the horizon.Hold out your arm with hand outstretched. Orion is a little bigger than your hand. If you are in the southern hemisphere, Orion appears updide down.

  2. Look for a low of three bright stars very close together in the sky.
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  3. At equal distance, one above and one below the belt ,are two bright stars. The brightest. with a warm red glow ,is Betelgeuse . The whiter star is Rigel.

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