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James Abbott of North Essex Astronomical Society on the bright stars of Sirius and Procyon, and Betelgeuse in Orion make up the ‘Winter Triangle’.

James Abbott of North Essex Astronomical Society on the bright stars of Sirius and Procyon, and Betelgeuse in Orion make up the ‘Winter Triangle’.

Dont miss a prime chance to spot Orion in the night sky.

The Dog Star, Sirius, is easy to spot because it's the sky's brightest star. Procyon - the other Dog Star - is near its brighter brother on the sky's dome.

Canis Major the Greater Dog is most famous for being home to the brightest star in the sky, Sirius. You

Mon May 10, 2021 ANNIE CANNON’S OBAFGKM 99 years ago, on May 9th, 1922, astronomers formally adopted Annie Jump Cannon’s stellar classification system. Annie Cannon worked at the Harvard Observatory, where she sorted and catalogued stars by their spectra. When you look at the light of a star through a specialized prism, a spectroscope, you can see that within the rainbow spectrum of the star’s light there are thin gaps where the color is missing. These gaps result when the outer atmospher...

40F Never Felt So Nice! Signs of Spring Outdoor hockey rinks might look a little sloppy out there today as the mercury climbs to near 40 degrees once again. Dont be surprised if you see a few rain drops mixed with snowflakes later today. Check the blog for more details. -Todd Nelson   By Todd Nelson Text size Copy shortlink: Quick Tuesday Clipper Heres the weather outlook from AM Tuesday to AM Thursday, which shows a quick moving c...