Sky Tours South (FoS)

This month’s tour of the southern night sky takes place in two parts. First, you look towards the northern horizon to continue a look at the constellations of the zodiac, the constellations that mark the ecliptic and the plane of the solar system. The Moon, Sun, and planets are always found along the zodiac, so it pays to know these stars. These an...

Let’s begin the tours of the stars and constellations with the most famous and unmistakable constellation in the heavens, Orion, which will serve as a guide for other bright constellations in the late summer sky in March in the southern hemisphere. Along with the notes and audio, you will find at the bottom of the page a PDF of 5 printable star map...