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  Friday Feb 5, 2021 at 9:14 AM Feb 5, 2021 at 9:14 AM Two celestial rivers, of sorts, meander on either side of the famous winter sky constellation Orion. You can see both with the unaided eye on a clear, moonless night as long as the light pollution is not strong. The river to the left (east) of Orion is none other than the Milky Way band. The river to the right (west) is one of Orion’s fellow constellations, Eridanus, the River. There’s actually a third “river�...

  Friday Jan 29, 2021 at 8:41 AM Jan 29, 2021 at 8:44 AM It’s usually not a great idea to find yourself in front of a bull. That happened to me just once, on a trail. He made a nice display of aiming his horns and was scraping his front hoof on the ground as my friends and I scrambled up an embankment! Thankfully the farmer came by and led him away. Much safer but no less amazing in a different way is to chase after the bull in the night sky. The constellation Taurus ...

Look straight up the next clear night, around 9 p.m. If you live in mid-northerly latitudes you will be gazing upon the beautiful, bright yellow star Capella and its interesting constellation, Auriga the Chariot Driver.We can think of it as a star pattern for the fellows who make a living running a chariot. Next, it will be taxi and bus drivers.This extremely ancient constellation, according to Greek legend, represents Erichthnoius, fourth King of Athens, the son of Vulcan and Minerva. He had

  Friday Jan 22, 2021 at 8:41 AM Jan 22, 2021 at 9:04 AM Look straight up the next clear night, around 9 p.m. If you live in mid-northerly latitudes you will be gazing upon the beautiful, bright yellow star Capella and its interesting constellation, Auriga the Chariot Driver. We can think of it as a star pattern for the fellows who make a living running a chariot. Next, it will be taxi and bus drivers. This extremely ancient constellation, according to Greek legend, rep...

  Friday Jan 22, 2021 at 8:41 AM Jan 22, 2021 at 9:04 AM Look straight up the next clear night, around 9 p.m. If you live in mid-northerly latitudes you will be gazing upon the beautiful, bright yellow star Capella and its interesting constellation, Auriga the Chariot Driver. We can think of it as a star pattern for the fellows who make a living running a chariot. Next, it will be taxi and bus drivers. This extremely ancient constellation, according to Greek legend, rep...

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

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

  Friday Jan 8, 2021 at 1:01 AM 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...