2006-10-14 19:22:46 · 7 answers · asked by robbie 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Alnilam, the middle one, is about 400 light years further away from us than the other two.
Alnitak and Mintaka (the westernmost one) are both around 800-900 light years away. They're probably about 100 light years apart, but the uncertainty is like ±150 light years, due to uncertainty in the distance measurements.
2006-10-14 20:21:25 · answer #1 · answered by injanier 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know and don't know a reference for that, but if you are interested in the sky you might enjoy this program that I am giving you a link to. it gives the data on the stars and shows how the sky would look at your location. with a bit of math you should be able to calculate the distances but they warn against using the data for precision work. you need to tell it your location for it to give local star data. It is called stellarium. it is downloadable for free.
http://www.stellarium.org/
2006-10-15 02:49:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is not the fact of distance between the stars as much as the distance they are from us. It looks like they are side by side but they are not. One is closer to us, one is farther away leaving the third somewhere between. They are only visually in line. (we are talking millions and millions of miles apart.) this is true with all stars in all constellations. Also of note, the constellations are only visable as we see them from earth, anywhere else in deep space and you could not see them.
2006-10-15 14:42:02 · answer #3 · answered by orion_1812@yahoo.com 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to quote the late, great carl sagan: billions and billions of miles.
2006-10-15 02:24:58 · answer #4 · answered by peterbear13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IDK and i don't think anyone on yahoo answers will know either. Google it. Oh, no I just said "google" on yahoo. Someones gonna shoot me now. ASK.com SUCKS!!!!!!!
2006-10-15 02:41:06 · answer #5 · answered by imajiknation 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
456 feet...
2006-10-15 02:24:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-15 09:23:04 · answer #7 · answered by jeff g 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋