Orion
The Hunter
Look for the three-star belt first. From there, Betelgeuse and Rigel make the hourglass shape easy to finish.
Start with a few shapes you can actually find. StarSol teaches the sky the way people learn it outside: one anchor star, one pattern, one night at a time.
Look for the three-star belt first. From there, Betelgeuse and Rigel make the hourglass shape easy to finish.
Begin with the Big Dipper. Its two outer bowl stars point toward Polaris, which makes it useful as well as familiar.
Find the bright W. It sits across Polaris from the Dipper, giving you a second northern anchor when the Dipper is low.
In summer, Deneb marks the tail of the Swan. The long cross shape runs through the Milky Way on dark nights.
Antares glows orange-red near the scorpion's heart. The curved tail is one of the few patterns that really looks like its name.
Regulus anchors the front of Leo. The sickle shape above it forms the lion's head and is easiest in spring.
Castor and Pollux are the giveaway. From the two bright heads, trace two nearly parallel bodies downward.
Aldebaran marks the eye of the Bull, and the nearby Pleiades cluster makes Taurus one of the most rewarding winter targets.