Orion's Belt (Collinder 70)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Orion's Belt is visible between 19:31 and 05:20. It will become accessible at around 19:31, when it rises to an altitude of 11° above your eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 00:25, 46° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 05:20 when it sinks below 11° above your western horizon.
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Name
Orion's Belt (Collinder 70)
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 05h35m [1] |
| Declination: | −01°05' [1] |
| Constellation: | Orion |
| Magnitude: | 0.60 (V) [1] |