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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 491473" data-attributes="member: 16749">The Constellation Orion.&nbsp; I'm not even going to try to figure out the size of the entire constellation.&nbsp; My main thoughts are with that reddish star, near the left edge of this picture.&nbsp; That's Betelgeuse.&nbsp; It may not look like much, in this picture, but it is one of the largest stars known, and one of the brightest as it appears in our night sky.&nbsp; It's approximately a thousand times the size of our Sun.&nbsp; The three stars in the middle of the picture, in a line, comprise Orion's belt.&nbsp; If you were to follow that line downward, it points to the single brightest star in our sky, other than the Sun; though at the time I took this picture, that star was below the horizon.&nbsp; It's important that you never make jokes about that star, though.&nbsp; It's Sirius.[ATTACH]178770[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bob Blaylock, post: 491473, member: 16749"] The Constellation Orion. I'm not even going to try to figure out the size of the entire constellation. My main thoughts are with that reddish star, near the left edge of this picture. That's Betelgeuse. It may not look like much, in this picture, but it is one of the largest stars known, and one of the brightest as it appears in our night sky. It's approximately a thousand times the size of our Sun. The three stars in the middle of the picture, in a line, comprise Orion's belt. If you were to follow that line downward, it points to the single brightest star in our sky, other than the Sun; though at the time I took this picture, that star was below the horizon. It's important that you never make jokes about that star, though. It's Sirius. [ATTACH=CONFIG]178770._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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