If you want to begin stargazing, there are a few free tools that can help you understand the night sky. On your computer you can install a free-software planetarium such as Stellarium. On your phone you can install Stellarium or Sky Map. These are powerful and useful apps, but if you are like me, you also… Continue reading Review: Atlas of the Constellations by Giles Sparrow
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Using Orion to find Stars and Constellations (part 2)
Orion’s beams,Orion’s beams: His star gemmed belt and shining blade His isles of light, his silver streams, And glowing gulfs of mystic shade.” Astronomica by Manilius If you want to read part 1, you can go here. Using the same method employed in part 1, I will show how to find a few additional important… Continue reading Using Orion to find Stars and Constellations (part 2)
Using Orion to find Stars and Constellations (part 1)
“The stars that Sirius and Orion boast In deepest night to human ken are lost” Phenomena by Aratus In this article I want to show a few tricks that can be used to locate various stars or constellations using the stars from the constellation Orion. Orion is useful as a reference constellation because it has… Continue reading Using Orion to find Stars and Constellations (part 1)