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Watch a bright Moon dominate the sky, trace the Winter Hexagon, and continue enjoying the evening parade of planets in the ...

With February’s winter nights regularly dropping below freezing, it’s tempting to take the easy way out and just stay inside.

From planets and constellations, to eclipses and the Aurora Borealis, here's what to look for in the sky this spring ...

Just face west where the sun disappeared at around 7:15 and you ... Orion’s right foot star is Rigel, the seventh brightest star. Rigel is a blue-white supergiant and is by far the brightest ...

A new moon is when the sun and moon share the same celestial longitude ... Below the Belt and to the right is Rigel, also a white (or for some people, blue-white) star, marking Orion's left ...

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious constellation this month is Orion. To find Orion, face south and look for Orion’s ...

Towards the end of the month, Mercury appears in the evening sky, and climbs up past Saturn. In the dusk glow, you may be ...

Above Sirius, the hourglass form of Orion boasts the bright stars Rigel, his left foot ... which is falling and will soon be lost in the sun’s afterglow. Venus, too, begins a descent as it ...

Orion is most easily identified by its "belt", marked by three stars that appear close together, and its "arms", Rigel and Betelgeuse ... visible even before the sun has fully set.