Orion (constellation)
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Orion is a prominent set of stars visible during winter in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is one of the 88 modern constellations; it was among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century AD
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The constellation of Orion, as it can be seen by the naked eye. Lines have been drawn.
Orion as depicted in Urania's Mirror, a set of star chart cards published in London c. 1825
This view brings out many fainter features, such as Barnard's Loop.
Orion (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Orion was a giant huntsman whom Zeus or Artemis placed among the stars as a constellation. He was venerated as a hero in the region of Boeotia, and there is one etiological passage
Orion (constellation)
…It is one of the 88 modern constellations; it was among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century AD astronomer Ptolemy. It is named after a hunter in Greek mythology. Orion is most prominent during winter evenings in the Northern Hemisphere, as are five other constellations that have stars in the Winter Hexagon…
An engraving of Orion from Johann Bayer's Uranometria, 1603 (US Naval Observatory Library)
Nicolas Poussin (1658) "Landscape with blind Orion seeking the sun"
Daniel Seiter's 1685 painting of Diana over Orion's dead body, before he is placed in the heavens
The Fountain of Orion, in Messina, Italy