The bright star, Betelgeuse, marks the right shoulder ... but the Orion Nebula, which through a telescope is revealed to be a bright, gaseous cloud.

Betelgeuse is easy to recognize ... the background sky is still light will help you better see its phase. Through a telescope, Venus now appears as just a sliver, with only 16 percent of its ...

Surface details become harder to view through a telescope, as Mars continues to ... The stars Procyon, Sirius and Betelgeuse form the Winter Triangle asterism. Procyon is fainter than Sirius ...

March's full moon, known as the Worm Moon, will bring a stunning total lunar eclipse, turning the Moon a deep reddish hue in ...

One of this month's skywatching highlights is a total lunar eclipse on the night of March 13 — or more precisely, on the morning of the 14th when the Earth gets between the moon and the sun, and we ...

Peer through the eyepiece of a hulking on-site telescope to see the Messier 13 ... Orion features several bright stars, including Betelgeuse, a red supergiant marking Orion’s shoulder, and ...

Aldebaran and Betelgeuse appear more orange-like in color, while Vega and Sirius appear more blue/white visually. Binoculars can be much more helpful than telescopes at star-hopping to locate ...

The Vernal Equinox occurs on Saturday, March 22 to begin spring in the northern hemisphere. Days and nights will be equally ...