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constellations

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deep sky objects

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planets and events

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tonight's sky highlights of the february

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after the sun sets on these cold

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february days

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look for two bright stars

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blazing above the western horizon

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these aren't stars at all but planets

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jupiter appears higher up

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use a telescope to get a better view

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mars appears in the east late in the

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evening and climbs higher during the

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morning hours

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a telescope will help uncover some of

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the winter night sky filled with

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brilliant stars presents one of the best

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orion the great hunter of greek

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mythology

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this constellation is among the easiest

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to recognize

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it is full of young stars

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dying stars

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and many nebulae

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beetlejuice one of orion's shoulders is

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a red supergiant star about

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650 times bigger than the sun

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it shines with the brightness of tens of

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thousands of suns

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beetlejuice is near the end of its life

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with the fuel at the star's core

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practically depleted the core has

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contracted and heated

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causing the outer gaseous layers of the

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rigel one of orion's knees is a triple

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star system made up of two smaller stars

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orbiting a blue supergiant

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rigel's blue supergiant star has a short

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lifespan

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blue supergiant stars are much hotter

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than our sun

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orion's belt is easy to spot

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it is made up of three stars

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ulnatak

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from the left side of orion's belt look

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down to the great orion nebula

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although barely visible to the naked eye

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it is the brightest diffuse gas cloud in

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the night sky

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nebula is latin for cloud

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a small telescope unveils the details

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embedded inside the orion nebula is the

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trapezium

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a group of hot young stars so brilliant

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canis major the great dog is the

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faithful companion who follows in

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canis major is dominated by the most

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brilliant star in the night sky

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sirius

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containing a bright star and a much

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smaller and fainter companion

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it is a mere 8.6 light years away

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scanning with binoculars just below

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sirius will reveal a lovely cluster of

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stars called m41

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it contains about 100 stars including

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several red giants

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stars in clusters like m41 were born

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saturn rises in the east around midnight

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and climbs higher throughout the morning

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use a telescope to spy its marvelous

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the night sky is always a celestial

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showcase