Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Flame Nebula  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  IC 426  ·  IC 430  ·  IC 431  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  NGC 2023  ·  NGC 2024  ·  Orion B  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  Part of the constellation Orion (Ori)  ·  The star 31Ori  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 49Ori  ·  The star Alnilam (εOri)  ·  The star Alnitak (ζOri)  ·  The star Mintaka (δOri)  ·  The star ιOri  ·  The star σOri  ·  And 3 more.
Orion's Belt and Neighboring Nebulae, YC Lim
Orion's Belt and Neighboring Nebulae
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Orion's Belt and Neighboring Nebulae

Orion's Belt and Neighboring Nebulae, YC Lim
Orion's Belt and Neighboring Nebulae
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Orion's Belt and Neighboring Nebulae

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Orion is one of the most recognizable constellations in the night sky even in light polluted Singapore!

Three bright stars Zeta (Alnitak), Epsilon (Alnilam), and Delta (Mintaka) make up the asterism, Orion's Belt. Just to the south of Alnitak, the easternmost star of Orion's Belt, is the Flame Nebula (NGC2024) and the fainter Horsehead Nebula (IC434).

Orion's Sword is another compact asterism south of the Orion's Belt. It comprises three stars (42 Orionis, Theta Orionis, and Iota Orionis) and M42, the Orion Nebula, which together are thought to resemble a sword.

Multiple nebulae are located here which include the Running Man Nebula (Sh2-279) and M43.

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Orion's Belt and Neighboring Nebulae, YC Lim