Orion's Great Disappearing Act | May 4 - May 10
WHATS UP SKY SURFERS - TRACE HERE!
ORION IS A FAMOUS AND EASY-TO-SPOT CONSTELLATION# - EXCEPT .
WHERE IS ORION??
HES MISSING!
THIS TIME OF YEAR, YOU CAN SEARCH THE NIGHT# SKIES FOR ORION, BUT HES NOWHERE TO BE FOUND!
TO FIND HIM WE HAVE TO REWIND# TO SUNSET.
HERE WE CAN SEE VENUS THE EVENING STAR SHINING BRIGHT AND.
ORION!
LETS ZOOM OUT AND SEE WHATS HAPPENING!
ORION IS A WINTER CONSTELLATION,# MEANING DURING THAT PART OF OUR ORBIT, WERE ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE SUN AS ORION.# NOW IN SUMMER, ORION IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN!
YOU MIGHT SAY HES OUT DURING THE DAY -# AS ARE OTHER CONSTELLATIONS LIKE LEO OR PISCES!
BUT URSA MINOR AND CEPHEUS# - AS WELL AS CAMELOPARDALIS, CASSIOPEIA, DRACO AND THE BIG DIPPER# ARE CIRCUMPOLAR.
THEYRE OUT ALL YEAR, BECAUSE THEYRE ABOVE US!# BASICALLY, THE SUN DOESNT BLOCK THEM.
ENJOY THOSE FAMILIAR SUMMER# SHAPES AND KEEP LOOKIN UP!
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