This Week’s Night Sky: Catch the Moon Cruising by Jupiter
You can also get a fleeting glimpse of the orange star Betelgeuse and a look at a fuzzy little comet.
This red giant star some 642 light-years distant belongs to the great constellation Orion, the hunter, which dominates the winter season in the Northern Hemisphere. While just a few months ago, Orion’s brilliant set of stars shone high in the night skies, it now might be quite a challenge to make out the hunter’s distinctive form nestled in the glare of the sunset.
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