Orion's "waist" measurement ?

[John]

Can anyone tell me the distance in degrees between the 3 stars in Orions belt ?

I have been using these 3 stars to guage the field of view my eyepieces are giving but I'm finding it difficult to find out the angular distances between them.

Thanks,

John

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

2 degrees, 44 minutes and 10 seconds ish.

Courtesy of Starry Night Pro I hasten to add.

Captain Chaos

[John]

Thanks CC - must get myself a copy (legal of course !) of that software !!.

John

[barkis]

5 Full moons would just about fill the distance from left to right, with a little left over.