Orion: The Hunter
A strange rectangle formed by bright stars in the winter sky, with three aligned central stars, thats no ordinary shape for a constellation Youve probably seen it on a winter night sortie. If you are in the northern Hemisphere, these stars tend to rise in the south east in the Fall and set in the south west in the Spring, and linger during cold and long hours throughout the winter darkness. Its undoubtably Orion, one of the oldest and most recognizable constellations in the night sky. According to the Greek mythology, the constellation was given the name Orion because it resembles a hunter holding a bow, as a reference to the son of Poseidon (the sea God) and 2017, Adrien Mauduit
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