Just star-hop from Orion: from Betelgeuse, leap east, then a small step up north, for an eye-catching feast.
Image credit: me, using the free software Stellarium, available at http://stellarium.org/. The purple line traces out the eastward leap; the halfway point from Betelgeuse to Gomeisa, if you connect it to Xi Geminorum, will lead you to NGC 2264.
Once you’re there, stars — like baubles — will light up your tree, with more sights unveiled through night photography.
In this preview from “The Saucerian,” author Gabriel McKee explains how the combination of fantastical stories and obscure bureaucracy launched the “space age of the imagination.”
The holidays are about celebrating with family and loved ones. So, during this time do we pocket our devices and untether ourselves from the web? No, data reveals that our internet usage actually spikes.