The banner constellation of Northern Hemisphere winter evenings is certainly Orion. The pattern, dominated by bright stars and three in a neat row right in the middle, is unmistakable.Orion and the Big Dipper are easily the most well-known star patterns north of the equator (the Big Dipper being the brightest portion of a larger constellation, Ursa Major the Big Bear).Around 10 p.m. on mid-January evenings, Orion is highest in the south. The Big Dipper is directly opposite in the north, and at
Winter’s evening sky is a pure delight with more of the brightest stars of the sky in view than in any other season. While reveling in the bright star shine of Orion and his celestial neighbors, let’s not neglect the lowly!In this case, I mean low in the sky. On any evening of the year, looking southwest to northwest, you can still catch a few constellations that were so prominent a few months before, but are now bidding adieu in the twilight of dusk.Before talking more about the
Winter’s evening sky is a pure delight with more of the brightest stars of the sky in view than in any other season. While reveling in the bright star shine of Orion and his celestial neighbors, let’s not neglect the lowly!In this case, I mean low in the sky. On any evening of the year, looking southwest to northwest, you can still catch a few constellations that were so prominent a few months before, but are now bidding adieu in the twilight of dusk.Before talking more about the
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Winter’s evening sky is a pure delight with more of the brightest stars of the sky in view than in any other season. While reveling in the bright star shine of Orion and his celestial neighbors, let’s not neglect the lowly!In this case, I mean low in the sky. On any evening of the year, looking southwest to northwest, you can still catch a few constellations that were so prominent a few months before, but are now bidding adieu in the twilight of dusk.Before talking more about the