Are there any galaxies visible in the night sky around the Orion constellation? I'm writing a story for NaNoWriMo, and in it there is an extraterrestrial race whose home galaxy is visible from Earth. This home galaxy is visible (or even partially visible or barely visible) in the night sky as a close neighbor to the Orion constellation. "Close neighbor", as in "within or around" the Orion constellation. 

Is there any such galaxy?
The short answer is there are no galaxies in or around Orion that are visible to the naked eye.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has some simplified star charts for each constellation. The charts show galaxies the brightest galaxies that are visible in amateur telescopes as red ovals. The chart for Orion and the surrounding constellations show no galaxies. Of course, larger telescopes are able to show fainter objects, so you are bound to find a galaxy in every constellation with a large enough telescope. 


The galaxies that are easily visible to the naked eye are as follows: (There are a few other that are visible to the naked eye, but they are not as obvious.)


Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellations of Dorado and Mensa
Small Magellanic Cloud in the constellations of Tucana and Hydrus
Andromeda Galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda