JAMES:
WINTER IS STILL A FEW WEEKS AWAY
DEAN:
BUT YOU CAN STILL FIND ORION TONIGHT.
DEAN:
WE HAVE OUR SKIES SET FOR 7PM FACING EAST.
DO YOU SEE ORION UP THERE?
JAMES:
NOT YET.
I DO SEE THE SEVEN SISTERS AND TAURUS THE
BULL.
AND AS WE ADVANCE OUR TIME, ORION CLEARS THE
TREES BY 9 OR 9:30PM.
JUST LOOK FOR HIS BELT OF THREE STARS AND
YOU KNOW YOUVE FOUND HIM.
DEAN:
BUT TO SEE ORION AT HIS BEST LETS FACE SOUTH
AFTER MIDNIGHT.
JAMES:
LOOKING SOUTH AT 1:30AM ORION IS ABOUT HALFWAY
UP IN THE SKY.
DEAN:
ORIONS BRIGHTEST STARS ARE RIGEL, THAT MARKS
HIS LEFT LEG, AND BETELGEUSE THAT STANDS IN
FOR HIS ARMPIT.
JAMES:
ORIONS OTHER SHOULDER IS A BEAUTIFUL BLUE
STAR CALLED BELLATRIX AND HIS RIGHT LEG CAN
BE MADE WITH THE DIMMER STAR CALLED SAIPH.
DEAN:
YOU CAN GET A PREVIEW OF THE WINTER SKY AND
SEE ORION EVEN IN NOVEMBER IF YOU
BOTH:
KEEP LOOKING UP!