Learn the Sky | Belt Stars of Orion - Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka @learnthesky | Uploaded January 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Orion's Belt is one of the easiest patterns to point out in the sky and it can be used to find other constellations in the sky, such as Canis Major and Taurus. Two of the three stars in Orion's Belts are multi-star systems. Learn the characteristics of the stars Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka.

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0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Celestial Map of Orion
1:56 - Various names of Orion's Belt
4:12 - Close up view of Orion's Belt
5:25 - Alnitak
9:08 - Alnilam
10:09 - Mintaka

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Photo Credits:
▶ Orion Constellation Map: By IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg) - [1], CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15407823
▶ Mintaka Close up: By Ivan Bok - Own work, CC BY 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63998113
▶ Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka Comparison: By JA Galán Baho - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34284344
▶ Belt stars close-up: By Davide De Martin (http://www.skyfactory.org); Credit: Digitized Sky Survey, ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator - spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/fitsimages/davidedemartin_12 (direct link), Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1329999
▶ Orion's Belt close up with celestial objects: By Keesscherer - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69387153
▶ Alnitak star system: By Pablo Carlos Budassi - This image and the description are part of the project "The Celestial Zoo": facebook.com/thecelestialzoo instagtam.com/thecelestialzoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94313084
▶ Mintaka System: By Pablo Carlos Budassi - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94312979
▶ Belt stars with Flame Nebula, Horsehead Nebula, and the Great Orion Nebula: By Giuseppe Donatiello from Oria (Brindisi), Italy - Orion's Belt & Sword, CC0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=114454909
▶ Orion from Southern Hemisphere: By ESO/Y. Beletsky - ESO, CC BY 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7641335


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