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Since as a kid ive always wondered abt those 3 stars now im lying on the terrace and glancing at the night sky and suddenly i thought ok its time to learn abt these 3 stars and came ryt here..... Im listening to this and glancing the 3 stars...... I feel blissful ❤

@Ephraim_Mukoso

Ай бұрын

makes the two of us

@ejmtv3

18 күн бұрын

Orion's Belt is actually comprised of 6 (six) stars. Alnilam is a supergiant, Mintaka is a double star and Alnitak is a triple-star system.

A very lucid description of the three stars and their stellar companions which form the Belt of Orion . You are an excellent teacher :) . Eric ( England ) .

Your voice and the way you explain are very pleasant to listen to. Thank you.

I don't know why, but Alnilam is the one star that fascinate me ! Thanks for that video :-)

i love the way you speak its easy to follow and flows so naturally, easy to learn. thank you.

When I was a child, my grandpa used to play chess with my uncle all the time. I always found that Orion's belt and downwards (with Orion nebula) looks like a Rook in the chess game. That has been almost 30 years ago and I'm very much into astronomy. Yet I still see it that way when I look up. Thank you for making this interesting video about my chess piece constellation!

The most spectacular site I’ve ever seen in the night sky was on the evening of October 2, 2015. I was having difficulty sleeping, so I walked outside to ground a little bit. Looking towards the East, there were a fair amount of clouds, even though the skies looked mostly clear. I was looking for that faithful Shepherd and Warrior, Orion, but none of the stars were evident for orientation. Suddenly, there was a brilliant flashing start which I initially mistook for Betelgeuse, but then I saw a second red star flashing, like these 2 were having a discussion! ( sorry.. I anthropomorphize everything ) Shortly after the 1st red star.. which I presume was Aldebaran, went “quite” and Rigel began flashing back and forth with Betelgeuse for several minutes. There weren’t any clouds visible over the Body of Orion, just the Right Shoulder and Left Foot, and so I was trying to sort it out.. when the Belt Stars lit up like a Digital Display on the Starship Enterprise, flashing in sequence and confirming that it was undoubtedly Orion, though Bellatrix and Saiph, as well as the Nebula were still nowhere to be found. Since the air was relatively clear at that point, it was still difficult to imagine, because Orion was rising in the East, but Sirius wasn’t visible.. probably behind the trees on the horizon, but the effect was like watching 2 cones of White Light with their interface along the Belt Stars then extending to Betelgeuse and Rigel respectively. I literally thought Jesus was gonna walk right out from the Center. I’ll be 61 in a few weeks, been watching the stars since I was around 5 years old. Never saw anything like it before.. or since.. but it was Spectacular. Thanks for these jewels of astronomy. Your efforts are not in vain. Blessings!

Pro tip: If a constellation looks upside down...turn around and look up again

Hi from Sweden! This constellation is my favorite. I didn't know Orion's Belt had so many more stars!

@learnthesky

2 жыл бұрын

Hello from the US! Sweden is on my bucket list to visit. I want to see the northern lights. The language of Swedish is like music to my ears. Cheers!

Used to look up to them as a kid. 22 now and those three stars are still the same. For me a long time has passed. I'll perish one day and those stars will still be there, burning for a way longer lifespan than any human has ever lived.

Many thanks for this clear and informative work. The night sky is full of fascination and delight. I heard a story about someone sailing a boat far out in the ocean. One night the sky was so clear and the sea was so still the stars above were reflected below, it sounded like an awe inspiring, magical moment.

KZread suggested me this channel. I loved the video, I am in love with our nightsky. I love the voice. You have earned a subscriber!

Very enjoyable video, Janine. That was great information on the belt stars. I believe those names, Alinak, Alinam, and Mintaka, are Arabic in origin, loosely translated as string of pearls, or belt of pearls. Our group was giving an open star party last night to a crowd of about 300 people. We spent a significant amount of time on Orion, especially the star sizes, including Beetlegeuse. I will be searching for more info on the multi-star configuration. Thanks from Dallas/Fort Worth.

orion is my favorite, once saw it from Australia! wow,

I found this quite interesting and am motivated to learn more about these systems and star evolution. Thank You!

Most enjoyable video and very educational, I never knew I was looking at multiple stars. I was looking at Orion the other night with my 102mm refractor, it is quite beautiful and high in the sky at my latitude of 32 degrees. Your video on Orion is a must for using the constellation to find other stars.

@AlonsoMoreno-ol7jw

Жыл бұрын

Hi jimmontg. Do you observe or also take pictureS?

@MountainFisher

Жыл бұрын

@@AlonsoMoreno-ol7jw Mostly observe, I have manual mounts, but just purchased a 5SE mount that fell over and trashed the 5" SCT, which is now parts. Neat thing about being in an Astronomy Club I was the first one they called asking if I wanted the go-to mount which only got scratched since the scope took most of the fall. Got a good price on it.

@jrt818

5 ай бұрын

Nice video, I'll give it 3 stars.

Who else is listening to this explanation while glancing at the three wonderful stars

@mubarak_ali-6497

4 ай бұрын

Me 😂

Thank you for wonderful explanation.

for some reason i’ve always felt connected to the orion constellation. and not long ago i found out that it was near the taurus constellation, and i am a taurus. ive also always felt connected to the planet venus and around 2-3 years ago i found out that venus is the planet associated with taurus. i love space so much and find it really fascinating. i love your videos too. they help me so much, thank you ❤️❤️

@concernedcitizensfordecenc3830

2 жыл бұрын

Well said 👍

@chelseakkate

2 жыл бұрын

@@concernedcitizensfordecenc3830 :)

@DsBilato

Жыл бұрын

Same here

@marionmeyers

Жыл бұрын

Seem very possible you could be what's known as a "wanderer". You should look into the book series called THE LAW OF ONE. It might actually clear up some of what your feeling.

@moiseskerschener2634

8 ай бұрын

yeah for some reason I believe you believe you are even connected with yourself 😂

Great insights into one of our nearest and best constellations. I learned a lot and found it easy to digest. Many thanks.

Thanks as usual for helping folks learn both the science and the history!

Thank you for the video. Orion constillation has always fascinated me. You have beautifully brought out all interesting facts about it.

Thank-you for your efforts, you do a good job explaining a very complicated subject!

Very nice video, and I learned a lot!

Wow....how cool to learn this. Never knew those were multiple stars. Really enjoyed the lesson. Thanks so much for a truly awesome video.

The belt stars have different names in Welsh, for example: "Y Tri Brenin" (The Three Kings) or "Llathen Fair" (Mary's Staff/Wand).

@learnthesky

2 жыл бұрын

I love this. Thank you!

Love your stuff! Your videos are perfect for learning the night sky. I will study all your vieos. Thank you for your good work.

I tended to think of the non-belt stars (Betelgeuse, Rigel) as being the real stars of the show (sorry!) but it turns out I was wrong. All those multi-star systems and then Alnilam being 40⊙. And I didn't realize how close the Horsehead Nebula was. All in all a great & informative video. Thanks!

. . . . . I was at army i used to see these at 4:30 Am that was beautiful and gave me hope those days

Very interesting and informative. I always thought that the Belt of Orion was a huge waist of space.

@RuminatingWizard

4 ай бұрын

*waste. Waste of space compared to what? What you're seeing is only a perception of alignment from a particular viewpoint. They aren't actually connected to each other in any way and are only aligned according to where you are seeing them from.

@whatabouttheearth

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I mean, I don't even know why people who wear tunics wear belts.

Thank you so much for such a wonderful informative explanation

Stars are just a Pure Ball of Energy !! Quite Beautiful to Watch as they are Multi Colored and aspin with Different Scared Geometry Shapes in them .... We are Stars and made up of Star Dust ✨ Great Video ✨💖💖💖

Thank You so much to share your valuable knowledge ! ✌

great Video. so informative.thanks you.

Dear Lady, with your beautiful Voice, Thank you too!!! Good Video!!!

I love Orion, thank you so much for such a good video

We call them Three Marys in Brazil ❤. Thanks for your videos ❤

This is a very informative lesson. Excellent work.

Orion is my favourite constellation I watch it out of my windows I am also oddly comforted by it

My favourite constellation❤

Very beautiful Voice!!!

Thanks for the video

Just a beautiful video..

Thanks so much..... What a blessing, I subscribed Thank you for doing this. God bless!

Finally the channel of my dreams exist! Subscribed.

I have learned so much from your scientific and well organized video. Thank You so Much. I am about to purchase a pair of astronomic binoculars. From Peru Lima, We are seeing these days, Sirius, Canopus, Rigel, Betelgeuse, Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka, the South Cross, etc much clearer than 10 years ago. However I'm absolutely overwhelmed with all the information you have just revealed to us. I'm much more interested in keep looking at. Keep uploading videos. They're wonderful !!!

@learnthesky

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! And thank you for watching.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for this

Three stars are all massive blue beasts *That’s a strong belt* But probably won’t be exist anymore in 10 million years

@ladyrhanequilingan8258

2 жыл бұрын

Hi :)

Lovely explanation. Muchas gracias 💫🍍🍯❣️😍💥💫🐝

Very interesting. thank you

Thanks for the great information. 👍

Very interesting, every day’s a school day!

Thank you!

Thank you ☺️

Fantastic effort mam

thank you

Although, the Southern Cross is by far the most famous constellation of the southern hemisphere, Orion's belt is the mos prominent. The first time I saw these three stars I was in grandpa's horse along with my mother, an aunt and my sister. My pointed to these three stars and said: "There are "As Três Marias" (The Three Marys). I must've been 7 years old or so. It was a magical moonless starry night in a very small town in southern Brasil. Very interesting video. Thank you!

Thank you so much. I was hoping you would cover Orion in a video,it is my favourite of them all so far. I photographed it Friday Jan 28th '22. I hope to improve with my Astrophotography,so I can capture all that H-alpha and that beautiful Nebulae. Thanks again

As a child I learned about Red Horn aka The Man with faces on his ears. He was also the brightest star in the belt. Piwa.🙏

@learnthesky

2 жыл бұрын

I have not heard of this story. I'm intrigued.

Thanks for the explanation❤🇮🇳

Well done, you're putting together a nice concise erudite but engaging series of videos. I'm curious about the orbital rates of these star systems. If these systems orbit echoer in just a few hours, these systems must be rotating at immense speeds, is that even possible??

great video orion is my faciorte constelllion

awesome!!!

I never knew that 😮 mind boggling

Sweet love the stars

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😎Thank you

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Thank you for showing this Amazings pic.off our stars at night.Gorgeous i love to see the sisters stars.thank you

I like ur channel

Love you 😘

What are the distances between for example the three stars in Alnitak triple system. I was quite baffled by the short time orbital time.

Thank you Jenine for a fine video. Don't the Orion nebula have an ancient name as well?

Alnilam is a supergiant, Mintaka is a double star and Alnitak is a triple-star system.

I also giggles when you say you are sure there is more

This beautiful constellation just proved that the pyramids were once flipped the other direction perfectly aligning with the stars of Orion. But for that to be the entire earth would have to be oriented flipped north to south and south to north.

@whatabouttheearth

4 ай бұрын

What? I'm fairly sure you can stand somewhere in the area around the three great pyramids and align the tops to Orions belt. It's not magic, it's just that it's 3 points matching 3 points. You would have to be a certain distance away though depending on the time of year. And since Egypt is more south than say, the US, Europe, Russia, China etc, than Orion will be more north/higher in the sky.

Can you please do the orient belt alignment with the pyramids theory ?

ive done astronomy 25 years, i learned deep in the west texas desert by the Cornudas Mountains and Hueco Tanks.

A star exploding sounds like the opposite of evolving.

Earth's Equator, when projected skyward, passes through the star Mintaka (δ) belt

Witch Star is bigger, Alnilam or Stephenson 2 - 18?

What is your source to alnilam being 2000 light years away?

We call them, the 3 María

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would you be able or willing to send me some Libra constellation info or whatever you would share, its for a constellation project for college astronomy at pikes peak. I see that you are the Alpha of this knowledge and are so easy to understand and hear.

I need to find the jewel of the galaxy. Have any thoughts that could help . Raxxla = jewel

I think, the STAR Stephenson 2-18 is the biggest Star in the Universe this Moment!!!

@learnthesky

7 ай бұрын

Yes, you are correct!

We view it the other way , to us it sits like a pot the right way up (Southern hemisphere), shows we live on a Globe 🌎 😊

Last night the star elnath was visible in the sky but not part of the constellation orion but taurus.

@journeyforyou5600

2 жыл бұрын

near to the moon

In my western sky last night,

Am I wrong or Mintaka is class O? If you look closely (in real life), it's light is violet. The other two stars of the belt have a more blue light

Hi Janine. When you mentioned that the smaller stars of Mintaka orbit each other every 5.73 days, it doesn't mean 24hr day right? How is it 'converted' to our time frame?

@jacobturner861

9 ай бұрын

Yes that means 5.73 of our days it's called a point of reference

@ArtventureCatalogue

6 ай бұрын

She actually meant Earth days, aproximately 132 Earth hours.

వందే శంభు ముమాపతిం సురగురుం వందే జగత్కారణం. వందే పన్నగ భూషణం మృగధరం వందే పశూనాం పతిమ్,. వందే సూర్య శశాంక వహ్నినయనం వందే ముకుంద ప్రియం.

I saw a star like object (must be a satellite) moving across the night sky with lot of haze ( quite large) around it, what was that ?

@AThoughtfulFrog

2 жыл бұрын

probably starlink satelittes, i also see them

Can you explain why sirius keeps flashing. I notice it every time I look at it

@learnthesky

2 жыл бұрын

It is most likely due to the movement of air in our atmosphere. That is the primary reason stars twinkle.

A question...at the 30 second point, is that Andromeda in the upper middle of the picture?

@learnthesky

2 жыл бұрын

No. Andromeda is not next to Orion.

How many times is the Planet Earth in the Sun? And how many times is the Sun in the Star Stephenson 2 - 18? This is a very interessting Question for me?!!!

I'm sorry, maybe I'm misinterpreting something or maybe the video is reversed but every time you point out the star on the left you refer to it as the western star. Every map I have ever looked at has the west on the left hand side. Please explain.

@learnthesky

2 жыл бұрын

This can vary depending which hemisphere you are in. I reported it based on how it is seen from the northern hemisphere since that is where I live. For the northern hemisphere, Mintaka is western most star in the belt, while Alnitak is the eastern most star in belt. I hope this helps.