Faint stars along the plane of our Galaxy compose the delicate, luminous band of the Milky Way stretching across the image from the bottom left. The familiar constellation of Orion the hunter is also easy to find, with glowing nebulae highlighting the hunter's belt and sword. Orion's famous red giant star Betelgeuse , near picture center, has a yellowish cast and Rigel is the bright star in Orion at lower right. Across the Milky Way, above and to the left of Sirius, is slightly less brilliant Procyon, brightest star of Canis Minor . A V-shaped group of yellowish stars at the upper right, part of Taurus the bull , is dominated by the red giant Aldebaran .
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