Introduction Orion is one of the most well-known and visible constellations, which is located on the celestial equator and has a shape of a 26-sided polygon. Its square is 594 square degrees. Orion can be seen by the naked eye from November to February between 85 and 75 degrees latitude, in the southwest sky from a position in the Northern Hemisphere or in the northwest sky from a position in the Southern Hemisphere, with a 5-hour right ascension and a 5-degree declination (Dolan par. 2). The so-called Orion’s belt is formed by three of the brightest stars in the constellation: Alnilam, Mintaka, and Alnitak. Another bright star is Betelgeuse also known as Alpha Orionis; it is also the ninth-bright star visible from the Earth. Betelgeuse is large enough to be seen in the Hubble Telescope as a disc instead of a point. Some observers may even notice the color difference between it and the other stars in the constellation. The Orion Nebula is an entity formed by stardust, hydrogen, helium, and various ionized gases. Other bright stars include Saiph, Hatsya, Meissa, and Rigel, also known as Beta Orionis. All Orion stars are bright young blue giants or supergiants, with a single exception of Betelgeuse; it is a red supergiant (Zimmerman par. 1-6). Mythology and History The Orion constellation was known to the Ancient Greeks and received its name after a character from their mythology. Orion, a handsome and tall man, was a proud and boastful warrior and hunter. His father was Poseidon, the god of the sea, and his mother was Euryale, a Cretan princess. Orion was remarkably strong due to his half-divine origin, was heavily armed, and had two hunter dogs. His vanity reached so far that he did not believe that the seven beautiful sisters named the Pleiades could reject his affections. However, they did, and Orion started stalking the young women. He is still doing it, according to the star map. The story about how he got to the sky is a different one. Orion claimed that he was able to kill the beasts, which belonged to Gaia, the goddess of the Earth. Gaia was annoyed by his boasts, so she sent a scorpion, who stung Orion to his death. Both Orion and the Scorpion were sent to the sky as constellations, but, as a safety measure, they never meet (Sasaki 86). Interestingly, Orion managed to take his dogs with them; they exist as the Canis Major and Canis Minor stars. Aside from the Greeks, Orion was independently discovered by multiple ancient cultures, which can be found in their myths and legends. The earliest knowledge about Orion is traced back to the pre-historical times, between 32,000 and 38,000 years ago, when its depiction was carved on mammoth ivory. Babylonians called Orion the Heavenly Shepherd. For Egyptians, it was an emanation of Osiris, the god of death and rebirth. Since the Egyptian Pharaohs were believed to transform into Osiris as they die, their subordinates depicted the constellation by building pyramids to facilitate the transformation. The Aztecs aligned the name Fire Drill with the stars, which form Orion’s belt and sword. Fire Drill was of high importance to the Aztecs: its appearance in the sky marked the start of the New Fire ritual, which they had to perform to make the divine forces postpone the world’s end. For the Scandinavians, Orion is connected with the goddess Freya; it is named Frigg’s Distaff after her sp