On these chilly March evenings, there’s nothing quite as nice as a good belt, something to keep you all warm and toasty. I’m talking hot chocolate, tea or whatever. Unless we bump into each other at a ...

W hat’s your first star memory? You probably observed the three luminaries of Orion’s Belt before anything else. Most kids notice it even before the Big Dipper or, in places Down Under, the Southern ...

If you’ve been kind enough to have read my column for some time, you know how much I love the constellation Orion the Hunter. It’s the absolute king of the winter skies and one of my best non-human ...

This column is my third and final installment about the constellation Orion the Hunter's celestial treasures, the best the evening skies have to offer, at least in this stargazer's opinion. This week, ...

Standing upright and shining down upon Earth on these midwinter nights is the brightest and grandest of all the constellations: Orion, the Mighty Hunter. Currently, Orion can be easily seen by ...

If Orion changed to wearing suspenders, the constellation would never be the same again. Step out the next clear night, in late December/early January in early evening, face southeast and look about ...