Belt Stars of Orion - Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka

[@learnthesky]

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[@davemmar]

As a kid I remember going outside and being fascinated by the three stars in a row easily seen from downtown Denver where we lived. Secondly, I have been to the southern hemisphere and I love seeing Orion upside down along with all the constellations. It just never gets old. Thank you for this information filled video.

[@Giacomo_cpz]

Crazy to think that every human that ever lived on this planet probably at least once looked up on his head and could watched the same 3 stars that you watched as an interested kid, and that i watched too. People live and die, lot of things keep changing every moment down here. But they are somewhere so far just brighting in total silence, and they will continue to do it even when humanity and probably earth will be just a memory

[@1OliverQueen1]

Since as a kid ive always wondered abt those 3 stars now im lying on the terrace and glancing at the night sky and suddenly i thought ok its time to learn abt these 3 stars and came ryt here..... Im listening to this and glancing the 3 stars...... I feel blissful ❤

[@Ephraim_Mukoso]

makes the two of us

[@ejmtv3]

Orion's Belt is actually comprised of 6 (six) stars. Alnilam is a supergiant, Mintaka is a double star and Alnitak is a triple-star system.

[@eric2685]

A very lucid description of the three stars and their stellar companions which form the Belt of Orion . You are an excellent teacher :) . Eric ( England ) .

[@willem9688]

Your voice and the way you explain are very pleasant to listen to. Thank you.

[@Ricca_Day]

The most spectacular site I’ve ever seen in the night sky was on the evening of October 2, 2015. I was having difficulty sleeping, so I walked outside to ground a little bit. Looking towards the East, there were a fair amount of clouds, even though the skies looked mostly clear. I was looking for that faithful Shepherd and Warrior, Orion, but none of the stars were evident for orientation. Suddenly, there was a brilliant flashing start which I initially mistook for Betelgeuse, but then I saw a second red star flashing, like these 2 were having a discussion! ( sorry.. I anthropomorphize everything ) Shortly after the 1st red star.. which I presume was Aldebaran, went “quite” and Rigel began flashing back and forth with Betelgeuse for several minutes. There weren’t any clouds visible over the Body of Orion, just the Right Shoulder and Left Foot, and so I was trying to sort it out.. when the Belt Stars lit up like a Digital Display on the Starship Enterprise, flashing in sequence and confirming that it was undoubtedly Orion, though Bellatrix and Saiph, as well as the Nebula were still nowhere to be found. Since the air was relatively clear at that point, it was still difficult to imagine, because Orion was rising in the East, but Sirius wasn’t visible.. probably behind the trees on the horizon, but the effect was like watching 2 cones of White Light with their interface along the Belt Stars then extending to Betelgeuse and Rigel respectively. I literally thought Jesus was gonna walk right out from the Center. I’ll be 61 in a few weeks, been watching the stars since I was around 5 years old. Never saw anything like it before.. or since.. but it was Spectacular. Thanks for these jewels of astronomy. Your efforts are not in vain. Blessings!

[@gunillahartgers1746]

Hi from Sweden! This constellation is my favorite. I didn't know Orion's Belt had so many more stars!

[@learnthesky]

Hello from the US! Sweden is on my bucket list to visit. I want to see the northern lights. The language of Swedish is like music to my ears. Cheers!

[@natalietran9624]

i love the way you speak its easy to follow and flows so naturally, easy to learn. thank you.

[@chelseakkate]

for some reason i’ve always felt connected to the orion constellation. and not long ago i found out that it was near the taurus constellation, and i am a taurus. ive also always felt connected to the planet venus and around 2-3 years ago i found out that venus is the planet associated with taurus. i love space so much and find it really fascinating. i love your videos too. they help me so much, thank you ❤️❤️

[@concernedcitizensfordecenc3830]

Well said 👍

[@chelseakkate]

@@concernedcitizensfordecenc3830 :)

[@DsBilato]

Same here

[@marionmeyers]

Seem very possible you could be what's known as a "wanderer". You should look into the book series called THE LAW OF ONE. It might actually clear up some of what your feeling.

[@moiseskerschener2634]

yeah for some reason I believe you believe you are even connected with yourself 😂

[@davidmanseau.therapeuteent6229]

I don't know why, but Alnilam is the one star that fascinate me ! Thanks for that video :-)

[@JameBlack]

You should visit it one day.

[@mikhailhunter5277]

Heaven the dwelling place of God is most likely located between the space of the 3 stars

[@NeoMullen]

When I was a child, my grandpa used to play chess with my uncle all the time. I always found that Orion's belt and downwards (with Orion nebula) looks like a Rook in the chess game. That has been almost 30 years ago and I'm very much into astronomy. Yet I still see it that way when I look up. Thank you for making this interesting video about my chess piece constellation!

[@ashadullahalgalifrahad]

Hi from Bangladesh! This constellation is my favorite, I love to know about this belt,🥀

[@Thomas-cp6qe]

A really really interesting vid. Orion and in particular the 'Belt'. As a kid and seeing it's continual striking presence in the night sky got me interested in astronomy and def Orion. Yes, I understand, It has got a reassuring quality about it, and more. To me it is a cosmic crossroad, but what a crossroad. Thanks for sharing this wonderful and informative vid.

[@MártonUntsch]

In Hungary, there are several traditional names for the belt stars. Most of them refers to a stick or a wand, but in some regions, they call them in unexpected names like "the bread", "the three reapers","the three kings" or "Az Úristen vetése" (which means "the sowing of God")

[@bgilissen2492]

Very nice video, and I learned a lot!

[@PieknyMarian]

KZbin suggested me this channel. I loved the video, I am in love with our nightsky. I love the voice. You have earned a subscriber!

[@thinker9115]

Many thanks for this clear and informative work. The night sky is full of fascination and delight. I heard a story about someone sailing a boat far out in the ocean. One night the sky was so clear and the sea was so still the stars above were reflected below, it sounded like an awe inspiring, magical moment.

[@MountainFisher]

Most enjoyable video and very educational, I never knew I was looking at multiple stars. I was looking at Orion the other night with my 102mm refractor, it is quite beautiful and high in the sky at my latitude of 32 degrees. Your video on Orion is a must for using the constellation to find other stars.

[@AlonsoMoreno-ol7jw]

Hi jimmontg. Do you observe or also take pictureS?

[@MountainFisher]

@@AlonsoMoreno-ol7jw Mostly observe, I have manual mounts, but just purchased a 5SE mount that fell over and trashed the 5" SCT, which is now parts. Neat thing about being in an Astronomy Club I was the first one they called asking if I wanted the go-to mount which only got scratched since the scope took most of the fall. Got a good price on it.

[@jrt818]

Nice video, I'll give it 3 stars.

[@pilroberts6185]

Well done, you're putting together a nice concise erudite but engaging series of videos. I'm curious about the orbital rates of these star systems. If these systems orbit echoer in just a few hours, these systems must be rotating at immense speeds, is that even possible??

[@Giacomo_cpz]

Crazy to think that every human that ever lived on this planet probably at least once looked up on his head and could watched the same 3 stars that you watched as an interested kid, and that i watched too. People live and die, lot of things keep changing every moment down here. But they are somewhere so far just brighting in total silence, and they will continue to do it even when humanity will be just a memory

[@MrVijay179]

Thank you for wonderful explanation.

[@johngiromini5745]

Very enjoyable video, Janine. That was great information on the belt stars. I believe those names, Alinak, Alinam, and Mintaka, are Arabic in origin, loosely translated as string of pearls, or belt of pearls. Our group was giving an open star party last night to a crowd of about 300 people. We spent a significant amount of time on Orion, especially the star sizes, including Beetlegeuse. I will be searching for more info on the multi-star configuration. Thanks from Dallas/Fort Worth.

[@christophercharles9645]

I tended to think of the non-belt stars (Betelgeuse, Rigel) as being the real stars of the show (sorry!) but it turns out I was wrong. All those multi-star systems and then Alnilam being 40⊙. And I didn't realize how close the Horsehead Nebula was. All in all a great & informative video. Thanks!

[@cdavidhord]

I found this quite interesting and am motivated to learn more about these systems and star evolution. Thank You!

[@whatabouttheearth]

Pro tip: If a constellation looks upside down...turn around and look up again

[@DarrellLancaster-l5q]

Your channel is very interesting. I have binge watched several episodes. Super enjoyable. 👍🌠🪐

[@michs1708]

great Video. so informative.thanks you.

[@AlonsoMoreno-ol7jw]

I have learned so much from your scientific and well organized video. Thank You so Much. I am about to purchase a pair of astronomic binoculars. From Peru Lima, We are seeing these days, Sirius, Canopus, Rigel, Betelgeuse, Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka, the South Cross, etc much clearer than 10 years ago. However I'm absolutely overwhelmed with all the information you have just revealed to us. I'm much more interested in keep looking at. Keep uploading videos. They're wonderful !!!

[@learnthesky]

Glad it was helpful! And thank you for watching.

[@Shortyclips601]

Very helpfull and informative.Thks so much ❤from India

[@martinpickard6043]

Great insights into one of our nearest and best constellations. I learned a lot and found it easy to digest. Many thanks.

[@garylewis3641]

Thank-you for your efforts, you do a good job explaining a very complicated subject!

[@geraldmoore4001]

orion is my favorite, once saw it from Australia! wow,

[@kishoregovinde6629]

Thank you for the video. Orion constillation has always fascinated me. You have beautifully brought out all interesting facts about it.

[@1galacticgirl]

Stars are just a Pure Ball of Energy !! Quite Beautiful to Watch as they are Multi Colored and aspin with Different Scared Geometry Shapes in them .... We are Stars and made up of Star Dust ✨ Great Video ✨💖💖💖

[@matinm2453]

. . . . . I was at army i used to see these at 4:30 Am that was beautiful and gave me hope those days

[@vladimirnnaemeka]

Thank you so much for this

[@juliocesarpereira4325]

Although, the Southern Cross is by far the most famous constellation of the southern hemisphere, Orion's belt is the mos prominent. The first time I saw these three stars I was in grandpa's horse along with my mother, an aunt and my sister. My pointed to these three stars and said: "There are "As Três Marias" (The Three Marys). I must've been 7 years old or so. It was a magical moonless starry night in a very small town in southern Brasil. Very interesting video. Thank you!

[@justforfun765]

Who else is listening to this explanation while glancing at the three wonderful stars

[@mubarak_ali-6497]

Me 😂

[@BRP42]

Thanks as usual for helping folks learn both the science and the history!

[@charleshancock152]

As a child I learned about Red Horn aka The Man with faces on his ears. He was also the brightest star in the belt. Piwa.🙏

[@learnthesky]

I have not heard of this story. I'm intrigued.

[@Jam7pi]

Wow....how cool to learn this. Never knew those were multiple stars. Really enjoyed the lesson. Thanks so much for a truly awesome video.

[@marktorre3370]

Thank you.

[@satelitinternet6449]

Dear Lady, with your beautiful Voice, Thank you too!!! Good Video!!!

[@penelopegeorgiadou3863]

I love Orion, thank you so much for such a good video

[@Youtuber-ku4nk]

What are the distances between for example the three stars in Alnitak triple system. I was quite baffled by the short time orbital time.

[@morenofranco9235]

My wife, the Donna Darkwolf was a Pagan Arch-Priestess. She referred to them as the Warrior Priestesses and we have three beautiful statuettes of these Warriors.

[@Andrea.B.Simoes]

We call them Three Marys in Brazil ❤. Thanks for your videos ❤

[@alphys6825]

Thank You so much to share your valuable knowledge ! ✌

[@KlausStoermer]

Love your stuff! Your videos are perfect for learning the night sky. I will study all your vieos. Thank you for your good work.

[@guidingwordsforyou]

Thank you so much for such a wonderful informative explanation

[@jessedunn8626]

thank you!

[@DillTheDog]

I never knew that 😮 mind boggling

[@globally123]

Thank you so much. I was hoping you would cover Orion in a video,it is my favourite of them all so far. I photographed it Friday Jan 28th '22. I hope to improve with my Astrophotography,so I can capture all that H-alpha and that beautiful Nebulae. Thanks again

[@leonardbarron8925]

thank you

[@YGSTAN06]

My favourite constellation❤

[@tapiokaox1044]

Lovely explanation. Muchas gracias 💫🍍🍯❣️😍💥💫🐝

[@parkerthemad]

This beautiful constellation just proved that the pyramids were once flipped the other direction perfectly aligning with the stars of Orion. But for that to be the entire earth would have to be oriented flipped north to south and south to north.

[@whatabouttheearth]

What? I'm fairly sure you can stand somewhere in the area around the three great pyramids and align the tops to Orions belt. It's not magic, it's just that it's 3 points matching 3 points. You would have to be a certain distance away though depending on the time of year. And since Egypt is more south than say, the US, Europe, Russia, China etc, than Orion will be more north/higher in the sky.

[@satelitinternet6449]

Very beautiful Voice!!!

[@ApteraEV2024]

I £♡✌️€ Learning! Thank U

[@ftumschk]

The belt stars have different names in Welsh, for example: "Y Tri Brenin" (The Three Kings) or "Llathen Fair" (Mary's Staff/Wand).

[@learnthesky]

I love this. Thank you!

[@Jewel22268]

I looked up meaning of Llathen- in English -it could mean “rod” as well Ps 2:9 -rod of iron Mary’s rod- I believe “gentle”

[@AstroCatz]

Three stars are all massive blue beasts *That’s a strong belt* But probably won’t be exist anymore in 10 million years

[@ladyrhanequilingan8258]

Hi :)

[@pailofstars]

Finally the channel of my dreams exist! Subscribed.

[@iritaverbuch1157]

Thank you Jenine for a fine video. Don't the Orion nebula have an ancient name as well?

[@cosmosorbust]

Very interesting and informative. I always thought that the Belt of Orion was a huge waist of space.

[@SpicyTexan64]

*waste. Waste of space compared to what? What you're seeing is only a perception of alignment from a particular viewpoint. They aren't actually connected to each other in any way and are only aligned according to where you are seeing them from.

[@whatabouttheearth]

Yeah, I mean, I don't even know why people who wear tunics wear belts.

[@benhudman7911]

This is a very informative lesson. Excellent work.

[@StarChild131]

😎Thank you

[@youtubrajivmangam]

I've had this question for sometime. Are the three stars related in any way other than to appear in a straight line from earth. they could be hundreds of lightyears apart from each other. Same goes for other constellations, other than to appear in a certain pattern from earth, there could be nothing between the shining objects. they could be stars or galaxies.

[@AdnanKhan-h7u7c]

Just a beautiful video..

[@sandrocavali9810]

Thanks for the video

[@jimhalpert0]

Used to look up to them as a kid. 22 now and those three stars are still the same. For me a long time has passed. I'll perish one day and those stars will still be there, burning for a way longer lifespan than any human has ever lived.

[@jimskeuh]

hi , i'm a bit confused about the orientation east and west of the star, why do you call a star on the left the eastern and the one to the right western?

[@balaganesh2999]

Fantastic effort mam

[@michaellaforte6964]

Are we able to see any planets orbiting any of these stars?

[@edgardocartagena1978]

Thank you for showing this Amazings pic.off our stars at night.Gorgeous i love to see the sisters stars.thank you

[@Mr123tallpaul]

Very interesting, every day’s a school day!

[@amanitamuscaria7500]

Very interesting. thank you

[@FernIbero]

Right on top of my house every Dec/Jan 10 pm. Upside down here in Australia.

[@morphine2004]

Thanks for the explanation❤🇮🇳

[@concernedcitizensfordecenc3830]

Thanks so much..... What a blessing, I subscribed Thank you for doing this. God bless!

[@nzbrotrev9028]

We view it the other way , to us it sits like a pot the right way up (Southern hemisphere), shows we live on a Globe 🌎 😊

[@arugorai3451]

Just captured it... 😇❗

[@nvkotian7539]

Thanks for the great information. 👍

[@night4shadow435]

What is your source to alnilam being 2000 light years away?

[@jaybouchard5997]

great video orion is my faciorte constelllion

[@Dar-t4h9m]

Sweet love the stars

[@bbolton1746]

Thank you ☺️

[@Sergey_Sergeev]

Thank you!

[@TRAVDOG-pg3cm]

would you be able or willing to send me some Libra constellation info or whatever you would share, its for a constellation project for college astronomy at pikes peak. I see that you are the Alpha of this knowledge and are so easy to understand and hear.

[@ejmtv3]

Alnilam is a supergiant, Mintaka is a double star and Alnitak is a triple-star system.

[@satelitinternet6449]

Witch Star is bigger, Alnilam or Stephenson 2 - 18?

[@Soulzzzzz]

Subed. Thanks algorithm

[@satelitinternet6449]

I think, the STAR Stephenson 2-18 is the biggest Star in the Universe this Moment!!!

[@learnthesky]

Yes, you are correct!

[@borealisdreaming]

Hi Janine. When you mentioned that the smaller stars of Mintaka orbit each other every 5.73 days, it doesn't mean 24hr day right? How is it 'converted' to our time frame?

[@jacobturner861]

Yes that means 5.73 of our days it's called a point of reference

[@ArtventureCatalogue]

She actually meant Earth days, aproximately 132 Earth hours.

[@owenj128]

awesome!!!

[@davieduardo2246]

I like ur channel

[@alicesacco9329]

Am I wrong or Mintaka is class O? If you look closely (in real life), it's light is violet. The other two stars of the belt have a more blue light

[@jabmd2nd]

We call them, the 3 María

[@satelitinternet6449]

How many times is the Planet Earth in the Sun? And how many times is the Sun in the Star Stephenson 2 - 18? This is a very interessting Question for me?!!!

[@haynerbass]

I'm sorry, maybe I'm misinterpreting something or maybe the video is reversed but every time you point out the star on the left you refer to it as the western star. Every map I have ever looked at has the west on the left hand side. Please explain.

[@learnthesky]

This can vary depending which hemisphere you are in. I reported it based on how it is seen from the northern hemisphere since that is where I live. For the northern hemisphere, Mintaka is western most star in the belt, while Alnitak is the eastern most star in belt. I hope this helps.

[@HENRYCIADONISI]

I also giggles when you say you are sure there is more