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The bright star, Betelgeuse, marks the right shoulder of the hunter, with bow pulled back. To the right is Bellatrix, the tip of the arrow. In between and slightly higher is Meissa, the head of Orion.
Last week in Starwatch, I attempted to cover all of the astronomical treasures of the constellation Orion proudly shining in the Pottsville southern evening sky.It’s loaded with many celestial ...
BEAUTIFUL MAY HEAVENS; Splendid Constellations of Orion and Greater Dog Will Disappear. WITH THEM GOES RED ALDEBARAN Vega, of the Constellation of Lyre, May Now Be Seen in the Northern Skies ...
The Orion constellation (iStock / Eerik) A s the glowing curtains of daylight fade, to reveal the darkened cosmic stage behind, we’re treated this month to a legendary cast of characters.
Soon after the sun sets on winter nights, if you live in the northern hemisphere you can look into the sky and find the Orion constellation near the eastern horizon. Astrophysicist Sarafina El ...
The star is Betelgeuse, a red supergiant in the constellation Orion. The asteroid is 319 Leona, a slowly rotating, oblong space rock in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Join us on a breathtaking cosmic voyage to the Three Marys, the three stars that form the iconic belt of the Orion constellation. Known scientifically as Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka, these ...
With its recognizable belt of three stars, Orion is one of the best known constellations in the night sky. Observers have imagined these stars as a hunter, holding aloft a club in one hand and a ...
The constellation Orion was named after the hunter by the same name in Greek mythology and includes more than a dozen distant stars. But two are particularly bright: ...
The Orion Nebula, housed within the Orion constellation, is a hubbub of stars being birthed, living, and dying. Now, NASA has combined images from three different telescopes, and they tell quite ...