What is the bond order of NO-, NO, and NO+?

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Homework Statement


Bond Order of NO-
Bond Order of NO
Bond Order of NO+

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I determined the Bond order of NO+ to be 3 due to their triple bond and the
Bond order of NO- to be 1 due to their single bond

Lewis Structures probably
I don't Know how to write the Lewis Structure of NO, as the total electrons is 11, and by looking at a diagram on google images :D, i saw that oxygen had a full octet and nitrogen had 5 electrons, and they were connected by a double bond. But this diagram seems so odd? And any reason why Oxygen has a full octet but not Nitrogen? Any clarification??
 
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Use molecular orbital theory to calculate bonding & non bonding molecular orbital..bond order=(no of electrons in bonding molecular orbital)-(no of electrons in non bonding molecular orbital)/2