Orion's seven brightest stars make up the basic outline. 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.

The constellation of Orion the Hunter becomes 'Orion the hunted' during mid-March as its bright stars light up the southern night sky and make a tantalizing target for skywatchers.

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...