Key Takeaways:
- The "This Week in Astronomy" video series, sponsored by Celestron and presented by Dave Eicher, provides weekly updates on astronomical events, research findings, and celestial objects.
- The featured celestial object is the Orion constellation, highlighting the Orion Nebula, a stellar nursery observable with varying levels of detail using the naked eye, binoculars, or a telescope.
- Observations of Orion should include noting the contrasting colors of the stars Betelgeuse (ruddy) and Rigel (blue-white).
- Further weekly sky observing information is available at the provided Astronomy magazine website link.
Hi folks, tune in every week of 2023 for the best in astronomy from Astronomy Editor Dave Eicher, brought to you by Celestron. This Week in Astronomy is a video series that covers all the latest sky events, scientific results, overviews of cosmic mysteries, and more!
This week, we’ll explore the constellation Orion the Hunter, which dominates the winter sky. Orion holds a plethora of beautiful celestial sights you can target, and many of them are accessible using a small telescope.
To find the spectacular Orion Nebula, look below Orion’s Belt where his sword hangs. Your eyes alone will see the center star as fuzzy. Binoculars help, but also reveal more fuzz. Look through a telescope, however, and you’ll never forget it. For here lies one of the showpiece celestial objects — a stellar nursery that, after being observed for hundreds of years, still has a lot to reveal.
Also don’t forget to observe the stunning stars that bedazzle the Hunter. Note the stark color contrast between ruddy Betelgeuse and blue-white Rigel. If Rigel is a diamond, Betelgeuse is like a sparkling yellow-orange topaz.
For more information on what to look for in the sky each week, visit: https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-this-week-stand-under-a-full-snow-moon/
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