Orion is probably one of the two or three constellations that most people can identify: the 'belt' of three stars was reputedly copied by the Ancient Egyptians as the layout of the three pyramids at Giza.
Orion is a winter constellation and is just becoming visible in the southern dawn sky. The images below are of the cluster of nebulae (gas clouds) that lie along the sword of the 'Great Hunter'.
The waxing Moon sets shortly after the Sun and was a splendid sight, hanging over the rooftops at the end of our road.
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