Orion's Belt (Collinder 70)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Orion's Belt is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 18:20 (PST), 54° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 18:40, 54° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 23:43, 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] |