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Orion's Belt — Asterism in Orion

Asterism Orion Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 0.4
Angular Size 140 arcmin
Asterism

Position & Identifiers

RA 05h 35m 30.0s
Dec -01° 06' 00.0"
Constellation Orion
Catalog Cr 70

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy Easy Easy
150mm Newt. Easy Easy Easy
C8 203mm Easy Easy Easy
Easy Medium Hard Very hard Impossible

Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

Medium on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Nov – Jan (peak: Dec)

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Nearby in the Sky

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

Alnilam
HIP 26311; Epsilon Orionis; 46 Orionis
Medium
Bright naked-eye star, mag 1.7
Double Star mag 1.70 0.2° Orion
VV Ori
Hard+
Eclipsing binary, period 1.5d
Variable Star mag 5.34 0.5° Orion
M78
NGC 2068
Medium+
Reflection nebula around a bright star
Reflection Nebula mag 8.0 3.0° Orion
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