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Orion association
  آهزشِ شکارگر، ~ اُریون  
âhazeš-e Šekârgar, ~ Orion
Fr.: association d'Orion  

A large OB stellar association centered on the → Orion Nebula. Lying some 1500 → light-years away, it is about 400 light-years across and contains the main stars of Orion, except → Betelgeuse.

See also: → Orion; → association.