APOD 4.1

As we are now transitioning into the spring, the familiar constellation Orion is beginning to set in the early evening. Photographed here is Orion, late in the sky. Visible are the two first magnitude stars Betelgeuse and Rigel, along with the asterism known as Orion's belt, and the Horsehead Nebula, M42. Also visible is Aldebaren, the alpha star in the constellation Taurus which borders Orion.