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

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious ...

Don't look directly at Orion to find meteors, as the shooting stars will be visible throughout the sky. Make sure to move your gaze around the nearby constellations as meteors closer to the ...

Orion the hunter constellation on a starry space background with the name of its main stars. ... [+] Relative sizes and different color shades based on the spectral star type. Find the iconic line ...

Above, and a little to the right of Orion, is the constellation Taurus the Bull, home of the Pleiades star cluster. The Pleiades are also known as the “Seven Little Sisters.” As bright as the ...

Above, and a little to the right of Orion, is the constellation Taurus the Bull, home of the Pleiades star cluster. The Pleiades are also known as the “Seven Little Sisters.” As bright as the ...

However, most of us will also be able to consistently point out the Orion constellation after someone ... has always been a star of intrigue. Look at it long enough (and we mean generations ...

4. Orion’s Sword marks about halfway between Orion’s Belt and his knees. His left knee is the brightest star in the constellation called Rigel, and it is a blue supergiant. 5. Follow up from ...

The hourglass-bowtie-shaped constellation outlines the torso of the mighty hunter. Its most notable feature is the row of three bright stars that make up Orion’s belt. The constellation Orion ...

In response, Zeus transformed them into stars, placing them in the sky as the Pleiades. Later, after a giant scorpion killed Orion, Zeus honored him by turning him into a constellation.