Jupiter continues shining brightly in the east in the evening among the stars of Gemini. To the right of Gemini is Orion with orange-red Betelgeuse and blue-white Rigel at diagonally opposite ends. Following Orion’s Belt downward, you’ll come to Sirius. Nearly overhead above Orion is Taurus with orange Aldebaran at its eye and the beautiful cluster, the Pleiades, at its shoulder.

Leo is now just beginning to rise in the evening, telling us that spring is coming soon. Blue-white Regulus is at the base of the backward question mark (the Sickle) that makes up the lion’s head and chest. At the other end of Leo is white-hot Denebola at the end of the lion’s tail.

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