Here’s how it works. A lonely stargazer looks up at the constellation of Orion, the hunter — and its dimming star Betelgeuse — in this photo captured from Portugal's Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve.

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 ...

This constellation will already be halfway up in the east by 9 p.m. Like with any meteor shower, the meteors can be seen anywhere in the sky, but true shower members can be traced back to the radiant.

The constellation Orion is an arrangement of stars that ancient Greeks thought looked like a giant figure with a sword belt, so they named it after their legendary mythological hunter, according ...

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Orion, in my opinion, is by far the best constellation in the Northwest sky. It’s so bright and well defined. As soon as evening begins it will be there, proudly shining in the southeast sky ...

Though the stars, especially in Orion’s Belt, appear close to one another, they’re actually hundreds of light years apart. One is 800 light-years away, another is 1,300 light-years away, and ...

This deep view of the Orion Constellation glows in reddish hues thanks to a filtered view of hydrogen alpha emission, a type of light emitted by hydrogen atoms. The large, intricate semi-circle ...

Art World A Youth Minister Spent Five Years Photographing Orion to Create This Stunningly Detailed, 2.5 Gigapixel View of the Constellation Matt Harbison, an astrophotographer and Episcopal youth ...