I unfortunately never really had any knowledge in astronomy but I would really like to know what these stars are called or what they mean? If there is anything significant or interesting about them I would really love to know. -Thanks a lot :)
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You're most likely seeing Orion's Belt. It's the central part of a larger constellation, The Hunter. It does appear that the 3 main pyramids in Giza are set up to imitate Orion's Belt. Other than that there's nothing really "significant" about them. They only appear to be lined up and near each other because of where we happen to be looking at them from. In reality they're hundreds of trillions of miles away from each other, not just laterally, but in depth also.
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Three Bright Stars in a straight line equal distance apart and of the same magnitude:
Mintaka, Alnilam, Alnitak
Mintaka garnered the name Delta Orionis from Bayer, even though it is the faintest of the three stars in Orion's Belt. It is a multiple star system, composed of a large B-type blue giant and a more massive O-type white star. The Mintaka system constitutes an eclipsing binary variable star, where the eclipse of one star over the other creates a dip in brightness. Mintaka is the westernmost of the three stars of Orion's Belt.[11]
Alnilam was named Epsilon Orionis, a consequence of Bayer's wish to name the three stars in Orion's Belt (from north to south) in alphabetical order. Alnilam is a B-type blue supergiant; despite being nearly twice as far from the Sun as Mintaka and Alnitak, the other two belt stars, its luminosity makes it nearly equal in magnitude. Alnilam is losing mass quickly, a consequence of its size; it is approximately four million years old.[12]
Alnitak was designated Zeta Orionis by Bayer, and is the easternmost star in Orion's Belt. It is a triple star some 800 light years distant, with the primary star being a hot blue supergiant and the brightest class O star in the night sky.
Mintaka, Alnilam, Alnitak
Mintaka garnered the name Delta Orionis from Bayer, even though it is the faintest of the three stars in Orion's Belt. It is a multiple star system, composed of a large B-type blue giant and a more massive O-type white star. The Mintaka system constitutes an eclipsing binary variable star, where the eclipse of one star over the other creates a dip in brightness. Mintaka is the westernmost of the three stars of Orion's Belt.[11]
Alnilam was named Epsilon Orionis, a consequence of Bayer's wish to name the three stars in Orion's Belt (from north to south) in alphabetical order. Alnilam is a B-type blue supergiant; despite being nearly twice as far from the Sun as Mintaka and Alnitak, the other two belt stars, its luminosity makes it nearly equal in magnitude. Alnilam is losing mass quickly, a consequence of its size; it is approximately four million years old.[12]
Alnitak was designated Zeta Orionis by Bayer, and is the easternmost star in Orion's Belt. It is a triple star some 800 light years distant, with the primary star being a hot blue supergiant and the brightest class O star in the night sky.
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The three stars you are seeing are part of the constellation Orion, The Hunter and make up his belt. From left to right, as viewed on the sky, the stars are named: Zeta Orionis, Epsilon Orionis, and Delta Orionis.
I got that from this site and you might want to go and click on pictures -
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/questio…
I got that from this site and you might want to go and click on pictures -
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/questio…
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you're probably seeing Orion's belt
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Yes the Belt of Orion.