concept
Orion
also: созвездие Ориона, Orion's belt
The constellation the student points out to the indifferent postman, naming the three stars in a row (Orion's belt) as a sign that autumn has arrived, since Orion appears in the northern hemisphere's night sky only from around September.
Reading notes
- The Post §16 the constellation Orion
The three stars the student points out in a row are Orion's belt; in mid-northern latitudes Orion rises to become conspicuous in the pre-dawn sky beginning in September, which is why the student reads it as proof that summer has ended -- an observation the postman pointedly ignores.