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See Orion's belt? Pretend that's a straight line. Now look perpendicular to it in both directions and you come to some fairly bright stars about the same distan
by Fatnino 4y ago
See Orion's belt? Pretend that's a straight line. Now look perpendicular to it in both directions and you come to some fairly bright stars about the same distance both ways. One of those is red/orange and the other is blue/green. Visible to the naked eye even in an urban setting.
- nine_k 4y agoYes, can confirm, Betelgeuse is reddish, and Rigel is bluish, I see it nearly every night when Orion is high enough above horizon right in NYC. Mars was prominent a few weeks ago, also pretty orange. But their colors are not bright hues, not like LEDs; rather, they have some hint of color to me. And, of course, they are but small dots, and the sky is vast and (in an urban setting) rather empty; there are few sufficiently bright stars, and of course nothing comparable to the colorful glow of space dust, nebulae, or even a noticeable atmosphere glow, except for backlight of the city.
- nonethewiser 4y agoOrion’s Belt isn’t visible in many urban settings