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Constellations in the sky. Stars are very big. Stars are far away. Stars are very bright, because they produce light. Objects outside the Earth. The constellations do not exist in 3d. Orion. Orion's important objects.
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Betelgeuse إبط الجوزاء Ibṭ al-Jauzā’, meaning "the underarm of Orion", or يد الجوزاء Yad al-Jauzā’, meaning "the hand of Orion"
Rigel, a massive star (860 ly).Rijl Jauzah al Yusrā, "the left leg (foot) of Jauzah"
Sirius, the big neighbor • Just 8 light years close, Sirius has 2 times the mass of the Sun and is 25 times more luminous. The surface temperature of Sirius is 10.000 K
Pleiades, a young stars cluster, 440 light years away and 100000 years old
Aldebaran (65 ly) another red giant, the Follower (الدبران)because he seems to follow the Pleiades.
The remnant if a big explosion. We saw it happen 400 years ago (6500 ly)