Look up at night
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- January
- 19
I don’t know many constellations, very few actually. So if I can find Orion, the hunter in the night sky, you can too. Three stars in a row form Orion’s belt, making it easy to spot on the southern horizon during the winter.
For us here in the northern hemisphere, Orion is a winter constellation. That’s because our nighttime view of the sky changes as the Earth orbits around the sun.
For me, Orion hangs over a field across the road from my house. As I watch Orion slide farther across the sky from week to week, I know winter is getting shorter.
Down under, Orion is a summer constellation.
Click here for a fun page that maps out various constellations.
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