Orion

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Orion, one of the equatorial constellations, the hunter attacking Taurus, Orion is one of the most clearly defined of all the constellations. It is approximately a parallelogram, but is a little narrower at one end than at the other. The beautiful ruddy star of the first magnitude in the narrower end is Betelgeuse. Diagonally across the parallelogram is Rigel, a splendid blue star of the first magnitude. In the center are three stars, the belt, the "Bands of Orion" mentioned in Job xxxviii. See Stars, Pleiades, Taurus.