{{Starbox begin | name = }} {{Starbox image | image = 280px | caption = The π Orionis stars form an arc on the west (right) side of the constellation of Orion. }} {{Starbox end}} '''Pi Orionis''' (π Ori, π Orionis) is a group of fairly widely scattered stars in the constellation Orion that constitute the asterism '''Orion's Shield''' or '''Orion's Bow'''.<ref name=RBR-Orion>astrofoto.org, [http://www.astrofoto.org/book/export/html/92 "Orion: The Hunter"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610090338/http://www.astrofoto.org/book/export/html/92 |date=2013-06-10 }}, Roland B. Roberts</ref>
They form an exception to the general rule that stars that share the same Bayer designation are close together: π<sup>1</sup> is nearly 9° north of π<sup>6</sup> (Tau Eridani is an even more noteworthy example of this).
* π<sup>1</sup> Ori (''7 Orionis'') * π<sup>2</sup> Ori (''2 Orionis'') * π<sup>3</sup> Ori (''1 Orionis'') * π<sup>4</sup> Ori (''3 Orionis'') * π<sup>5</sup> Ori (''8 Orionis'', forms a visual double with ''5 Orionis'') * π<sup>6</sup> Ori (''10 Orionis'')
All of them were member of asterism 參旗 (Shēn Qí), ''Banner of Three Stars'', ''Net'' mansion.<ref>{{in lang|zh}} [http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0607/ap060713.html AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 (Astronomy Education News) 2006 年 7 月 13 日 (2006-07-13)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716123228/http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0607/ap060713.html |date=2011-07-16 }}</ref>
==See also== *Orion's Belt *Orion's Sword
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Category:Lists of stars Category:Orion (constellation) Orionis, Pi Orion's Shield