ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀsɪᴀ on Instagram: "Haters will say it's a flat "connect-the-dots" picture. But the truth is, the Orion constellation as we see it is a beautiful illusion. From our vantage point on Earth, our brains connect the brightest stars into the familiar pattern of a "Hunter." But as this 3D animation perfectly shows, the stars in a constellation are not related and are not neighbors. They are at completely different depths, separated by hundreds or even thousands of light-years. For example: * Bete