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Spot a Stellar 'Odd Couple' In the Night Sky This Week

Spot a Stellar 'Odd Couple' In the Night Sky This Week

Orion, the Mighty Hunter, will stand upright, high in our southern sky at around 8 p.m. this week, glittering like a large piece of celestial jewelry. Shining down upon us all winter long, Orion is the brightest and grandest of the constellations. Three bright stars line up in the middle of a bright rectangle to decorate Orion's belt, which points northward to the orange star, Aldebaran, as well as the star clusters of the Hyades and Pleiades of Taurus, and southward to the brightest of all stars, the Dog Star Sirius.