Finding the orbit of an element in $S_5$

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I'm confused on how to find the orbits of elements.

The orbit for $\sigma\in S_X $ is defined to be $O_{x,\sigma} = \{y\,|\,\sigma^n (x) = y\}$.

I need to compute the orbit of the permutation $\alpha = (1254)$.

I think the notation $\sigma^n (x)$ is confusing me more than anything else. Would the orbit just be the set $\{\sigma \alpha,\sigma^2 \alpha, \sigma^3 \alpha\, \sigma^4 \alpha, \alpha\}$?

Why or why not?

Can someone explain this for me?