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Astronomy Cast, episode 224 from Monday, March 14, 2011, Orion.

Welcome to Astronomy Cast, our weekly facts based journey through the cosmos.

We'll help you understand not only what we know, but how we know what we know.

My name is Fraser Kane, I'm the publisher of University Day, and with me is Dr. Pamela Gay at Professor

at Southern Illinois University, Everett's Field. Hi Pamela, how you doing?

I'm doing well Fraser, how are you doing?

I'm doing great. Now you wanted to do some plugging today.

I did. We have a store full of t-shirts waiting for your summer apparel needs to be met.

So go to astroghear.com and get your Astronomy Cast t-shirts.

Visit astroghear.com or dot org?

Both work. Both work.

I don't know we got the dot com, anyway we have the dot org. Anyway, astroghear.com t-shirts,

CDs, lanyards, posters.

We have it all. Go get it now.

Cool. Well most people know how to find two constellations,

the big dipper and the Ryan the Hunter. You can teach a small child to find a Ryan,

and at the right time of year they'll find it in seconds.

There's so much going on in this spectacular constellation from star formation in the

Orion Nebula to the mighty red super giant beetle juice ready to explode.

Let's learn about the history and science of Orion.

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