Orion

Fixed stars in Orion
Star	1900	2000	R A	Decl 1950	Lat	Mag	Sp
pi (π)	11GEM07	12GEM30	072 54 41	+02 21 37	-20 00 42	var	B2
Rigel beta (β)	15GEM26	16GEM50	078 01 60	-08 15 29	-31 07 46	0.12	B8
eta (η)	18GEM47	20GEM10	080 29 26	-02 26 29	-25 32 23	var	B1
Bellatrix gamma (γ)	19GEM33	20GEM57	080 36 44	+06 18 22	-16 49 21	1.70	B2
nu (ν)	20GEM32	21GEM55	082 22 39	-07 20 13	-30 33 02	4.64	B0
Mintaka delta (δ)	21GEM00	22GEM24	082 21 45	-00 20 04	-23 33 34	2.48	O9
theta (θ)	21GEM36	22GEM59	083 12 15	-05 25 16	-28 41 06	5.36	O6
Hatysa iota (ι)	21GEM36	23GEM00	083 14 48	-05 56 28	-29 12 23	2.87	O9
Ensis M42 Great Orion Nebula NGC1976	21GEM35	22GEM59	083 13 30	-05 25 00	-28 40 54	4.00	N
Alnilam epsilon (ε)	22GEM04	23GEM28	083 25 08	-01 13 56	-24 30 46	1.75	B0
Meissa lambda (λ)	22GEM19	23GEM42	083 05 43	+09 54 08	-13 22 34	3.66	O8
sigma (σ)	22GEM43	24GEM06	084 03 32	-02 37 38	-25 56 13	3.78	O9
Alnitak zeta (ζ)	23GEM17	24GEM41	084 33 32	-01 58 03	-25 17 59	2.05	B0
Saiph kappa (κ)	25GEM00	26GEM24	086 20 45	-09 41 09	-33 04 37	2.20	B0
Betelgeuse alpha (α)	27GEM21	28GEM45	088 06 57	+07 23 58	-16 02 01	0.50 var	M2
xi (ξ)	01CAN33	02CAN56	092 16 27	+14 13 18	-09 12 23	4.35	B3
Tabit pi3 (1) (π 3) (1)	10GEM31	11GEM55	071 46 51	+06 52 32	-15 23 24	3.31	F5
pi (10) (π 10)	12GEM09	13GEM32	073 59 20	+01 38 20	-20 51 28	4.73	K3
pi (2) (π 2)	10GEM59	12GEM22	071 58 17	+08 48 58	-13 29 22	4.35	A0
tau (20) (π 20)	16GEM28	17GEM51	078 47 39	-06 53 49	-29 50 39	3.68	B8
pi (3) (2) (π 3) (2)	10GEM43	12GEM06	072 08 06	+05 31 16	-16 46 42	3.78	B2
chi (χ)	27GEM18	28GEM41	087 51 18	+20 16 07	-03 09 44	4.62	F9
mu (61) (μ 61)	29GEM13	00CAN36	089 54 29	+09 38 57	-13 47 48	4.19	A2
chi (62) (χ 62)	29GEM32	00CAN55	090 14 15	+20 08 29	-03 18 15	4.71	B2
mu (67) (μ 67)	00CAN28	01CAM51	091 10 45	+14 46 34	-08 39 54	4.40	B3

Events in history

Battle of Blenheim, Aug 13th 1704 - Jupiter /Alnitak
Battle of Albuera, May 16 1811 - Jupiter/Tabit
April 12th 1861, the Civil War began as Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. - Uranus/Tabit
Mar 1 1896, the Battle of Adowa began in Ethiopia between the forces of Emperor Menelik the Second and Italian troops. (The Italians suffered a crushing defeat.) - Pluto/Tabit
Mar 20th 1896, US Marines landed in Nicaragua to protect US citizens in the wake of a revolution. - Pluto/Tabit
April 22nd, 1898, Congress authorized creation of the First US Volunteer Cavalry, also known as the "Rough Riders." - Neptune/Bellatrix
July 1st, 1898, during the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt and his "Rough Riders" waged a victorious assault on San Juan Hill in Cuba. - Neptune/Alnilam, South Node/Alnitak
Russo-Japanese War declared, Feb 7 1904 - Pluto/Bellatrix
Heir to Austro-Hungarian Empire assassinated in Sarajevo (starts 1st world war) Jun 28 1914 - Saturn/Alnitak
Germany declared war on Russia Aug 1 1914 - Saturn/Betelgeuse
Britain declares war on Germany, Aug 4 1914 - Saturn /Betelgeuse
April 25th 1915, during World War One, Allied soldiers invaded the Gallipoli Peninsula in an unsuccessful attempt to take the Ottoman Turkish Empire out of the war. - Saturn/Betelgeuse
April 21st, 1918, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the German ace known as the "Red Baron," was killed in action during World War One. - Neptune/Alnitak
Japanese attacked US at Pearl Harbor, war declared Dec 7 1941 - Jupiter/Rigel
Invasion of Normandy, June 6th 1944 - Saturn /Betelgeuse
July 3rd 1944, during World War Two, Soviet forces recaptured Minsk. - Uranus/Tabit
Jan 31st 1944, during World War Two, US forces began invading Kwajalein Atoll and other parts of the Japanese-held Marshall Islands. - Saturn/Bellatrix
Mar 6th 1944, US heavy bombers staged the first American raid on Berlin during World War Two. - Saturn and Mars/Bellatrix
April 25th 1945, during World War Two, US and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe River, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany's defenses. - Uranus/Tabit

April 6th 1896, the first modern Olympic games formally opened in Athens, Greece. Pluto/Tabit, - Neptune/Rigel
May 14th 1904, the first Olympic games to be held in the United States opened in St. Louis. - Pluto/Bellatrix

Atom bomb split Jan 3 1919 - SNode/Bellatrix
Hirosima bomb Aug 6 1945 - Uranus/Rigel
May 17th 1993 President Clinton visited the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, the birthplace of the atomic bomb, where he promoted his five-year, $20 billion defense-conversion plan. SNode/Tabit

Jan 7th 1993 A preliminary report prepared for the European Community said about 20,000 women in Bosnia-Herzegovina might have been raped by Serb fighters. - South Node/Bellatrix

Women warriors, Bellatrix

May 22 1914, 57 arrested after 'votes for women' protest at Buckingham Palace - Saturn/Bellatrix
May 16th 1946, the musical "Annie Get Your Gun" opened on Broadway. - North Node/Bellatrix