This week, around the same time the sun sets in the west, Orion — winter’s most prominent constellation — rises in the east.

The most familiar pattern of stars in the Rochester night sky is the Big Dipper, which makes up the rear end and tail of the large constellation Ursa Major, the Big Bear. In second place, for most ...

Plainly visible to the naked eye under a dark sky, the Orion nebula can be clearly resolved through binoculars and small telescopes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Binoculars never get enough credit when it comes to stargazing. They don’t have as much light-gathering ability and magnification as telescopes do, but binoculars have definite advantages. For one ...

Of all the deep-sky objects visible from mid-northern latitudes, the Orion Nebula (M42) is by far the most spectacular. To the unaided eye, it faintly shines as the middle star in Orion’s Sword, ...

An incredible stargazing tool that can allow you to see planets, galaxies and even the moon like never before might already be tucked away somewhere in your house: A simple pair of binoculars. Looking ...

Over 3,000 stars of various sizes appear in this January 2006 image of the Orion Nebula. Credit: NASA / ESA / M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute / ESA) / Hubble Space Telescope Orion ...