Red stars

[vicious_sid]

HI,
which is the nearest red star to Orion and could someone point out its location in relation to above hunter

[mibn2cweus]

Aldebaran is here in Taurus the bullseye in the Hyades cluster between Orion and the Pleiades

[Azalian]

Do you mean Betelgeuse which is Orion's "right shoulder" star?

It is part of the constellation and is a red supergiant star about 600 light years from the Sun.

[kempie]

If you mean the star of spectral type M (Red) closest to, but external of, the constellation boundary for Orion then a more likely candidate is the variable star V0719 Mon (Hipparcos catalogue number 30185) situated on the edge of the constellation Monoceros (The Unicorn) ... RA 06h 21m 31s; Dec +02� 33' 51"

[mibn2cweus]

. . . henceforth and forevermore to be referred to by me as kempie 1

[vicious_sid]

Many thanks for all your answers - the MRS is very grateful - what she was actually seeing was the orion nebula