The sky is never clearer than on a cold, starry midwinter night. It is on such occasions, thanks to winter's exceptional atmospheric transparency, that fainter stars can be seen throughout the sky.

The easiest way to find Orion, known as the Hunter, is to search for the constellation’s three-dot belt. This trio of stars appears almost perfectly aligned in the night sky. The stars Alnitak, ...

Orion the Hunter is such a great constellation, and I have to believe many stargazers share the same opinion. Even if you’re not all that much of a stargazer, you can’t help but notice the mighty ...