Step out the next clear night, in late January about 9:30 p.m., face south and look about half way up.Bursting forth from the dark of night is the glorious stars of Orion, one of the most recognized and celebrated constellations of the entire heavens.Orion, the mythical hunter, can be seen anywhere on Earth. The three conspicuous "belt stars" straddle the Celestial Equator. This imagined line encircles the sky midway from the North Celestial Pole, where the North Star resides right [...]
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