Anyone who enjoys gazing at the night sky probably has a few favorite star patterns they like to look for: The Big Dipper, for example, or Orion’s belt ... the Big Dipper, Little Dipper ...

Finding constellations in the night sky isn't always easy, but even beginners' eyes are drawn to the bold trio of stars that form the belt of Orion ... close to the Big Dipper this week From ...

We still have four planets in the early morning sky, but they’re widely separated and a little hard to spot ... Mars is four fist-widths above Orion’s belt and Jupiter is almost straight ...

I look for Orion as soon as I head outside on clear winter nights. I know I’m not the only Orion lover. Like the Big Dipper ... up the celestial hunter’s belt. There’s no other line of ...

Because the Belt stars are fairly bright at 2nd magnitude, matching Polaris and six of the seven Big Dipper stars, Orion successfully ... the ability to see these little cluster stars as a ...

Orion the Hunter is still the main ... In the north sky, the Big Dipper is standing up on its handle. The fainter Little Dipper is off to the left, hanging by its handle. The brightest star ...

How about the three stars of the Belt ... of Orion is one of the most easily recognizable, well known and brightest of star patterns in the sky. It may be second only to the Big Dipper as a ...

After the Big Dipper, probably the best known grouping ... with a striking string of three equally bright stars forming Orion's belt in the center. From Orion's belt hang three more stars, forming ...

As a child, my mother taught me how to spot Orion and the Big Dipper in the night sky ... during which time you can use Orion’s belt as a way to locate Sirius, the brightest star in the sky ...

When you look up at the night sky, you can probably easily identify constellations like the Big Dipper and the Little ... the best by first looking at Orion's belt (three stars in a line).

Orion is also full of wonderful celestial treasures like the Great Orion Nebula, easily spotted among the three fainter stars lined up in a row below Orion's Belt. That trio allegedly is Orion's ...

This column is my third and final installment about the constellation Orion the Hunter's celestial ... on the upper right-hand side of the belt. It’s a little smaller than Alnitak, but way ...