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I heard about the meteor shower this Sunday morning and i want to see it. I need to know position of Orion.

2007-10-20 18:15:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

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Download this program so you can track the stars anytime. It's free.

2007-10-20 18:29:00 · answer #1 · answered by Richard_CA 4 · 0 0

Orion rises in the southeast around midnight or so local time.
Its one of the easiest constellations to find (in northern fall and winter). Its the one with the 3 bright stars in a slanted straight line (that's Orion's belt), a bright reddish star to the left and above the belt (Betelgeuse) and a bright white star to the right and below the belt (Rigel).
To find the "radiant" for the Orionids, draw an imaginary line from the lefthand belt star to Betelgeuse. Extend that line the same distance from Betelgeuse and that's the area of the radiant.

What most people forget is that while meteors appear to originate from a part of the sky, they are visible over the entire sky (not just in one tiny area). Meteors are the streaks of light as the object enters the atmosphere and burns up from friction, and that can happen at any angle and in any direction.

2007-10-21 01:23:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

In the southern Central time zone, Orion is just now getting well above the horizon and city lights in the E-SE portion of the sky. If you're further east, it will be higher on its arc over the southern portion of the sky. Out west, it may not yet have risen.

Orion is a large, bright, bowtie-shaped constellation. It is a distinctive set of 3 bright stars in a line at roughly the center of a box of 4 brighter ones. The "top" of the constellation is further north (your left) as it rises, it is "up" when Orion is at its zenith in the southern sky, and to the north (your right) as it sets. If you follow the line of the 3 bright stars (Orion's belt) down and left, you'll see a bright star - Sirius.

The "top-left" of Orion is a bright red star - Betelgeuse, and the bottom right one is a bright blue star - Rigel.

I hope this info helps you identify Orion in the sky. It's actually quite easy to see as it easily outshines everything else in its exact part of the sky.

2007-10-21 01:25:24 · answer #3 · answered by ZeroByte 5 · 0 0

hehe i took this screen shot on Stellarium
http://a653.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/111/l_28471b0bdeaf3b3ea278e4f4c9cbfd84.jpg
its kinda blury cause its so small but if you can save it to your desktop and reopen it, then zoom in, you'll be able to see everything just fine.

its how orion will look around 4am which should be awesome viewing time. thats him in red outline

also the red line is the plane in which all planets (roughly) travel.

i picked 4am for a few other reasons
Venus is visible to the East just before the sun rises, also Saturn is above it slightly.
Mars is almost directly overhead

Notice the Cardinal directions on the bottom of the image.
Look for the 'belt', and the 'sword' the fuzzy patch that angle's away from the belt. thats the best way to locate it.

2007-10-21 01:49:46 · answer #4 · answered by AlCapone 5 · 0 0

As Linda June says, it's not necessary to know where the radiant is to see shower meteors, since they can appaer anywhere in the sky. The two I saw this morning were nowhere near Orion: one in Ursa Major and one in Cancer.

2007-10-21 10:45:04 · answer #5 · answered by GeoffG 7 · 0 0

Or use this sky chart and set it for your city.

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/skychart/?c=y&page=1

2007-10-21 03:14:36 · answer #6 · answered by Choose a bloody best answer. It's not hard. 7 · 0 0

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