Western asterism

Orion's Sword

This is an asterism, not one of the 88 official IAU constellations.

Part of: Orion

Visibility

Broadly visible from both hemispheres

Best placed

January, November, December

Difficulty

easy

Pattern

3 stars, 2 lines

About

Orion's Sword is a Western-tradition asterism spanning Orion, not itself one of the 88 official IAU constellations.

Orion's Sword is a Western-tradition asterism - a recognizable star pattern that is not itself one of the 88 official IAU constellations.
This pattern connects 3 stars with 2 lines in this game's stick-figure convention.
Its brightest named star in this pattern is Hatysa (apparent magnitude 2.75).
Spans part of: Orion.

Hatysa