... , giant star that marks one of Orion's feet. It's luminosity us about 57,000 times the brightness of the sun. Orion is known as the son of Neptune in Greek mythology and was killed by the scorpion. Outlined mostly by three stars below his belt is his sword. The middle star in the sword seems a little fuzzy to the naked eye ... remained as the mightiest hunters of the night sky. This may be found on the website http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/map/ori.html (See Appendix 9). According to Greek mythology, Orion died being stung by a scorpion. He is set such in the sky that he sets in the...

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