On clear winter nights, three bright points cut a straight line through the southern sky, outshining the chill and, in raw power, utterly dwarfing our own star. The blue supergiants of Orion’s Belt ...
One of the most famous and recognizable asterisms of the night sky is the Belt of Orion, a tight belt of three bright stars (Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka) in the constellation of Orion, which has given ...