The two brightest stars in the constellation of Orion are in the body frame of the hunter. Rigel (Beta Orionis) is Orion’s brightest star.Rigelis located below the belt at the bottom right.Betelgeuse(Alpha Orionis) is the second brightest star in Orion. It is located to the left, abov...
It's a distinctive three stars of a similar brightness in a line, and they really stand out as part of that kind of box that makes up theconstellation Orionitself. In the winter through to the spring [in the Northern Hemisphere], it's pretty prominent above the southern horizon. In the...
With the mount on, and the SynScan Pro mobile app connected via a WiFi connection, I navigated to the ‘1-star alignment’ feature on the app. This provides a list of potential bright stars and planets to use as an alignment star. BecauseRigelis so bright, and within theOrion constellati...
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 nearbyconstellationsas meteors closer to the radiant have shorter trains (glowing trails of debris) and are more difficult to spot. If you only lo...
Once you locateSirius,raise your sightsfurther up to find Betelgeuse and Rigel, the two most prominent stars in the constellation. Not a Constellation Orion’s famousbeltsits about halfway between Betelgeuse and Rigel, with its three bright stars forming a neat and easy-to-identify line. ...
Here’s what one of my complete test image looks like. It’s a RAW shot of Orion from a city suburb, made on aSony a7S (my review)with theZeiss 55mm/1.8 (also my review)lens: Constellation Orion, Sony a7S, 55mm How Shutter Time Affects Noise ...
The constellation, Orion, rises in the east and sets in the west. Orion’s belt, the only three bright stars that form a short straight line in the whole night sky rise very close to due east and set very close to due west. If you want to be really accurate then the first star in...
It is big, bright, and easy to find. Because the lighting of the moon changes everyday with the changing moon phases, you get a different view of its features everyday. The moon offers much to see and you don't need a huge telescope to reveal its features. With binoculars or a ...
It is big, bright, and easy to find. Because the lighting of the moon changes everyday with the changing moon phases, you get a different view of its features everyday. The moon offers much to see and you don't need a huge telescope to reveal its features. With binoculars or a ...
Look for Taurus in the sky along the ecliptic, near the constellations Orion andAries. It looks like a V-shaped pattern of stars with long horns extending out across the sky. Check out the constellations Perseus, Taurus, and Auriga to see the Pleiades, Hyades, Algol, and Capella.Carolyn Co...