is orion star constellation the one that is shaped as a question mark.?

Question

can you give me some facts about teh Orion star constellation please.

Answer 1

You know, I never saw Orion as a 'question mark', but since you mentioned it, I looked at a picture and I can see how you might see it that way.

Orion is supposed to be a man. Stars mark his shoulders and his feet and three stars represent his belt, with smaller stars representing his sword.

Here's a good picture of Orion:

http://joemorris.mystarband.net/images/Orion%20Constellation.jpg

You can read about the different stars here--this is a great link!

http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/orion-p.html

or here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(constellation)

Also, Orion was supposedly killed by a scorpion sting. So, his constellation sets in the Western sky, while Scorpio rises in the East.

Polly

edit: Cassiopeia is not a question mark. It's the 'Big W'.

Answer 2

Orion Is shaped like a man wearing a belt of three stars straight across in the high southern sky....

Answer 3

i do not have a birth mark just a bad scare from being hit with hot water from a vaporizer when i was a year and a half i pulled it on me looks like a man with eyes and a long nose kids think it is scary so sad but true

Answer 4

Orion is the archer

Answer 5

the one youre talking about is called the plough,or big dipper.
commonly that is.
orion was hunter and has a belt of three stars and to see him you need LOTS of imagination !

Answer 6

Cassiopeia is the question mark shaped one.

Answer 7

more like an hour glass with a belt

Answer 8

Leo is the question mark...

http://www.heavens-above.com.

Answer 9

? NOPE