In honor of my new astrophotography hobby, here are a couple of pictures of the Vermont/Sunset station on the LA Metro's red line. This is the station closest to the Griffith Observatory, so it's decked out with a faux star chart. At least, I think it's faux. Do those look like real constellations to anyone?
UPDATE: Yes! About halfway across the right hand piece, directly in the middle, are the three stars of Orion's belt. Ken Fair continues in comments: "Below it is Lepus, and the curve of Eridanis is to its right. The curving line with the "suns" on it is the plane of the ecliptic, and the orbital path of the moon runs along side that."
I think that's an actual representation of the northern night sky. To the right of the pole, roughly in the center of that section, is the constellation Orion. Below it is Lepus, and the curve of Eridanis is to its right. The curving line with the "suns" on it is the plane of the ecliptic, and the orbital path of the moon runs along side that.
Yes, it's a representation of the complete ecliptic. As Ken Fair says above, you can see Orion in the middle of the right hand section. Look for it's characteristic 3 stars very close together in a row (Orion's Belt) in the center of the constellation. Above Orion, in the ecliptic, are Gemini (just up and to the left of Orion) and Taurus (just up and to the right).
Since this is a representation of the ecliptic, there is more shown than would ever be visible in the sky at once, and the most familiar constellations to Northern Hemisphere denizens (Cassiopeia and the "Big Dipper") are not present.
How about the "galaxy on Orion's Belt"?
It's sort of there, but it's not really in the exact right place. The 'galaxy' being the great Orion Nebula (M-42). It's sort of underneath the belt, though it looks like (from this angle) that the nebula is a few degrees too left from where it should be.
Wrong cat(s)...
Those aren't constellations, they're failed routes of bullet trains in other universes.
Middle right Orion. Directly above him, Taurus. To the left of Taurus along the ecliptic, Gemini.
Yeah, I could believe they're intended to be real.