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.

Aliases (13)

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 family of constellations →
bestVisibleIn	summer in the Southern Hemisphere → winter in the Northern Hemisphere →
borderedBy	Cetus → Eridanus → Gemini → Lepus → Monoceros → Taurus →
featuredIn	Ptolemy's list of 48 constellations →
hasAsterism	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 the Hunter →
partOf	Orion → Orion → Orion → Orion → Orion → Orion → Orion → Orion → Orion →
visibleFrom	both Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere →
visibleIn	night sky →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alnilam → Alnitak → Barnard's Loop → Betelgeuse → Horsehead Nebula → Mintaka → Orion Nebula → Orion's Belt → Rigel →	partOf
HMS Orion ("Orion (mythological hunter)") → Orion ("Orion the Hunter") →	namedAfter
Pleiades → Seven Sisters →	risesBefore
Orion ("Orion family of constellations") →	belongsTo
Orion ("Orion's Belt") →	hasAsterism
Orion Pictures ("Orion constellation") →	hasLogoFeature
Orion Pictures ("Orion constellation") →	logoFeature
Hyades →	relatedConstellation