Orion

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asterism blue supergiant star constellation dark nebula emission nebula red supergiant star star-forming region

Orion is a prominent constellation in the night sky, easily recognized by its three-star belt and associated in many cultures with the figure of a hunter.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Orion canonical	45
Orion constellation	2
L’Orione	1
Orion (in some traditions)	1
Orion (mythological hunter)	1
Orion family of constellations	1
Orion in mythology	1
Orion the Hunter	1
Orion's Belt	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	asterism ⓘ asterism ⓘ blue supergiant star ⓘ constellation ⓘ dark nebula ⓘ emission nebula ⓘ emission nebula ⓘ red supergiant star ⓘ star-forming region ⓘ
belongsTo	Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Orion family of constellations
bestVisibleIn	summer in the Southern Hemisphere ⓘ winter in the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
borderedBy	Cetus ⓘ Eridanus ⓘ Gemini ⓘ Lepus ⓘ Monoceros ⓘ Taurus ⓘ
featuredIn	Almagest ⓘ surface form: Ptolemy's list of 48 constellations
hasAsterism	Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Orion's Belt
hasBrightStar	Bellatrix ⓘ Betelgeuse ⓘ Rigel ⓘ Saiph ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation	Greek mythology ⓘ hunter ⓘ
hasDeclination	approximately 5 degrees ⓘ
hasDeepSkyObject	Barnard's Loop ⓘ Horsehead Nebula ⓘ Orion Nebula ⓘ
hasGenitiveForm	Orionis ⓘ
hasIAUAbbreviation	Ori ⓘ
hasNameOrigin	Greek mythology ⓘ
hasRightAscension	approximately 5 hours ⓘ
hasStar	Alnilam ⓘ Alnitak ⓘ Mintaka ⓘ
includedIn	IAU 88 modern constellations list ⓘ
locatedIn	celestial equator region ⓘ
namedAfter	Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Orion the Hunter
partOf	Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
visibleFrom	both Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
visibleIn	night sky ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pleiades → risesBefore → Orion ⓘ

Hyades → relatedConstellation → Orion ⓘ

Seven Sisters → risesBefore → Orion ⓘ

Orion → namedAfter → Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orion the Hunter

Orion → hasAsterism → Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orion's Belt