Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Orion


a)Orion








b)

* BETELGEUSE (Alpha Ori)
* RIGEL (Beta Ori)
* BELLATRIX (Gamma Ori)
* MINTAKA (Delta Ori)
* ALNILAM (Epsilon Ori)
* ALNITAK (Zeta Ori)
* Nair al Saif (Iota Ori)
* SAIPH (Kappa Ori)
* Meissa (Lambda Ori)
* Tabit (Pi 3 Ori)
* Tabit (Pi 2 Ori)
* Tabit (Pi 4 Ori)
* Tabit (Pi 1 Ori)
* Thabit (Upsilon Ori)

c) Asterism: line of 3 stars forming a belt; Orion, the hunter, stands by the river Eridanus and is accompanied by his faithful dogs, Canis Major, and Canis Minor. They hunt animals like rabbits and bulls. Orion was in love with Merope, but she didn't like him. Orion died after stepping on a scorpian.

d)Chicago-no
San Diego-no
Rome-yes
Jerusalem-yes
Sydney-yes

e) January

d) Right Ascension: 5 hours
Declination: 5 degrees

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