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Orion was a constellation located on the celestial equator.[1]

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The name of this constellation was used by the Black family to christen one of their members Orion Black, the husband of Walburga and the father of Sirius Black.[2] During their Astronomy practical O.W.L. Examination in 1996, Hogwarts students had to fill a star chart with the precise positions of the stars of Orion.[3]

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Astronomy
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Professors: Satyavati Shah · Aurora Sinistra
Astronomy at Hogwarts: Astronomy classroom · Astronomy Corridor · Astronomy Club · Astronomy department · Astronomy homework meeting · Astronomy reading room · Astronomy Room · Astronomy Stairs · Astronomy Tower
Astronomers: Aurora Sinistra · Copernicus · George von Rheticus · Perpetua Fancourt · Hesper Starkey
Objects: Astrolabe · Astronomy Table · Globe of the Moon · Lunascope · Moon chart · Orrery · Sextant · Star chart · Telescope
Planets: Jupiter · Mars · Mercury · Neptune · Pluto · Rogue planets · Saturn · Uranus · Venus
Satellites: Callisto · Europa · Ganymede · Io · Moon
Constellations: Aquila · Bartholomeus · Canis Major · Capricornus · Centaurus · Cetus · Corvus · Crater · Dark cloud constellations · Draco · Horologium · Hydra · Leo · Lupus · Orion · Ursa Major
Stars: Arcturus · Canopus · Sirius · Vega
Other topics: Black holes · Celestial Studies · Cosmic ages · Dark energy · Dark matter · Eclipse · Galaxy · Lunar phases · Meteor showers · Space weather · Wormholes
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