The Moon passes 0.4° south of the bright red giant Antares in Scorpius this morning at 4 A.M. EST. The pair is visible in the ...

This figure shows measurements of Betelgeuse's brightness from different observatories from late 2018 to present. The blue and green points represent data from ground-based observatories.

Finally, there is ruddy Betelgeuse (magnitude +0.48), in Orion the Hunter, a star well-known for its irregular variability in brightness. These stars appear in that order, as the twilight sky ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Monday will see a very rare night sky event when Betelgeuse—one of the most famous and brightest stars of all—is covered by ...

Magnitude is the measure of the brightness ... that make Orion’s belt and then looking for the bright red star, Betelgeuse, which makes up the constellation's shoulder. The Big Dipper will ...

Betelgeuse shines at magnitude 0.5 and is a red supergiant — similar to slightly fainter (magnitude 0.9), less massive red giant Aldebaran to its upper right in Taurus the Bull. Roughly 570 ...

People in the northern hemisphere will be able to see Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars during the planetary parade. The next full moon will happen on Feb. 12. Known as the ...