Astronomy - Orion
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Published 2007-03-14
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ive noticed these stars ever since i was a child... only just found out its orions belt.... amazing
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I've seen Orion twice, and both times in winter. It's my favorite constellation so far.
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I love Orion, too. When I was single and lonely, I would look up at Orion and feel my heart ache! I'm weird, falling in love with a constellation -- But when my little son was born years later, I named him Orion, because he is so strong and beautiful and always hunting for good things in his little life.
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As the earth orbits the sun we lose sight of some constellations. This is because they are above the horizon during daylight. In mid June, Orion is directly below the sun, by September it will be visible before sunrise above the East horizon.
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I always enjoyed star gazing and astronomy. I'm glad this vid is on here because I've been teaching my son about locating certain stars and the moon in the night sky. he's not yet 5 yrs old and he knows a few things. not bad. he loves the beauty of the sky too.
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Actually, Orion rises from the Southeast horizon. By Early November, it is nearly overhead by 2:00 AM, slightly to the south. Interesting to note is that this star confiuration was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians, along with other ancient civilizations 5,000 years ago - and yet the stars are moving at speeds of 18 to 30 miles per second in a variety of directions and have been for billions of years. Yet the relative position of each of the stars is nearly identical to this day.
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Indeed, especiallty to the naked eye. The geometry of the configuration seems to carry a very special significance within my genetic memory, (my best explanation), because I can truly feel an overwhelming awe - likely the same as experienced by the ancients when they gazed at it, trying to make sense of it all.
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my favorite group of stars is orion. I used to watch often. Rosario Rajkumar
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I saw Orion in the sky tonight, it's an awesome sight.
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Apart from when there's a gamma ray burst of course. One of those, earlier this year, was visible with the naked eye, and it was about 3000 times further away than M31!
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i have seen orion and it is my favourite constellation and rigel and betelgeuse are two my favourite stars
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Thank you. Great info! When I obtained my first, good telescope I set my sights on Orion. I "aimed" at the belt, being, in my mind, the easiest to capture as a first experience user. I hit right on the 1st go at the center star. I was panning slowly everything turned black. I thought my eyepiece bad, that I lowered and was aimed at a wall. I moved the scope just a tad and was stunned by an eyeful of stars Moved left and black again. Later I learned I had actually saw Orion's Nebulae! Stunning!
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Time travel is posible.Astronomers had travel back in time(throu their telescopes),to see the stars formation and begining of the universe, long time ago.
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That image is correct. It is Johann Bayers image, which does face opposite of most other drawings.
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Need more video's like this on YouTube... Amazing video, thank you for posting it :)
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Great video, very educational and quite humbling to think just how huge the universe is.
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i dream of orion. my name is diana - meaning huntress from greek artemis. this is so freaky . i got goosebumps. how can everything be so precise . and im curious becuase of my dreams, dragons and stars. what could it mean?
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Great instructions on understanding one of the most interesting parts of the sky.
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Great little tutorial on Orion. Fascinating!
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Great video! please do more of these!
