by Case » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:58 pm
charlyms wrote:I cannot find the designation for the 3 stars next right to the Orion´s belt. They are horizontal stringed and the star in middle is red.
That would be the Hunter's sword: stars 42 Orionis + 45 Orionis (left), nebula M42 (middle), stars iota Orionis a.k.a. Hatsya + HD 36960 (right).
There is a bit of nebulosity near 42 Ori, called NGC 1977. There is the 'small' nebula called M43, almost attached to M42. There is a nebula near iota Ori, called NGC 1980.
http://tinyurl.com/swordoforion [wikisky.org]
[quote="charlyms"]I cannot find the designation for the 3 stars next right to the Orion´s belt. They are horizontal stringed and the star in middle is red.[/quote]That would be the Hunter's sword: stars 42 Orionis + 45 Orionis (left), nebula M42 (middle), stars iota Orionis a.k.a. Hatsya + HD 36960 (right).
There is a bit of nebulosity near 42 Ori, called NGC 1977. There is the 'small' nebula called M43, almost attached to M42. There is a nebula near iota Ori, called NGC 1980.
[img]http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/2535/swordoforionrf7.jpg[/img]
http://tinyurl.com/swordoforion [wikisky.org]