I wanna see this constellation tonight. I live in central europe.
where is it? where to look to find it?
2007-04-29 00:04:39 · 5 answers · asked by mika 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
You'll probably have to be quick. Try looking west right after sunset. I use Cartes du Ciel (its free). Plugged in Berlin (as a guess for central Europe, apologies if this is not really close enough but I think it should suffice), April 29, 2007 and about 8pm standard time (one hour ahead of UT, I guess that would be 9pm daylight time). The program shows Rigel almost on the horizon, the Belt stars about 10 degrees up and Betelguese 18 degrees up.
2007-04-29 00:15:53 · answer #1 · answered by Peter T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Southwest near the horizon, find venus and look to the left for the three belt stars of Orion around dusk
2007-05-04 03:20:42 · answer #2 · answered by hilltopobservatory 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Orion is visible in the southern hemisphere at the moment because of the tilt of the earth(winter)In 6 months time you should see it in the sky in the Northen Hemisphere for a lot longer.
2007-04-29 02:38:39 · answer #3 · answered by ROBERT P 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Orion is nearly gone from the night sky by this time of year... but, never fear, it will return next winter :)
You might want to check out this site:
http://my.execpc.com/60/B3/culp/astronomy/
It will take you on a guided tour of the Night Sky at different times of the year.... Spring and Summer have plenty of interesting sights for your viewing pleasure :)
Have Fun!
2007-04-29 00:38:29 · answer #4 · answered by John T 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/ is a good site to tell you what is available in your sky right now.
You can find that and more in the web site A Solar System Live By John Walker
2007-05-04 22:29:56 · answer #5 · answered by mike453683 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋