I can see three stars in a row at a diagonal angle. It has been visible almost all year, can anyone tell me what this constellation is called?
2006-12-30 12:00:29 · 10 answers · asked by ruth b 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
what you are seeing sounds like orions belt
2006-12-30 12:04:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It almost certainly sounds like Orion's belt. If you look up and down you'll notice another two stars above and two below making like an hour glass figure, which is the whole of the constellation of Orion, the great hunter.
The 3 stars in the belt are a good sign-post. If you follow the belt down they point to Sirius (the brightest star in the Northern hemisphere) in the constellation of Canis Major,his hunting dog, and in the other direction gives you Aldebran (the eye of the bull in Taurus). Taurus is 'V' shaped.
2006-12-30 20:11:44 · answer #2 · answered by GenetteS 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You can maybe mean the constellation called Seven Sisters or Pleiades, or the three sisters, which is one category of Freak waves on the ocean - or the weird sisters, which is a synonym for witches. But not four sisters... that's only a Korean sitcom. The Pleiades are a pretty famous constellation and can easily be spotted in the night sky. They are also a very famous object in early astronomy, for example by the Sumerians.
2016-05-22 22:16:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Orions belt. the diagonal stars are the rest of Orion
2006-12-30 12:06:12 · answer #4 · answered by leora72010 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you might be looking at the belt of Orion. . .
2006-12-30 12:03:39 · answer #5 · answered by Walking Man 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Might be Orions belt? Not much to go on there.
Northern/ Southern hemisphere?
2006-12-30 12:04:37 · answer #6 · answered by Autolupus 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yup orion's belt, but it's a winter constellation, it's not up all year round, you've been seeing it for autumn and winter
2006-12-30 13:32:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its Orions Belt!
BEAUTIFUL Isnt it!
2006-12-30 12:50:01 · answer #8 · answered by Chelsea S 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Check in Wikipedia
2006-12-30 12:26:03 · answer #9 · answered by Raymond 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it's orion's belt
2006-12-30 12:03:58 · answer #10 · answered by Jamie Y 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋