Stars Stars Winter is a good time to learn about stars. With daylight hours at their shortest, the evening stars come out early. So you can go outside and look at the stars without having to stay up late. This page will give you some star activities to do and questions to answer.
Scientists have a numbering system for the brightness of stars.
The numbering system uses bigger numbers for dimmer stars. Go outside and look for the constellation Orion . It is found where the hunter's right shoulder would be. Its red color tells us it is cooler than most other stars, including Rigel, a bright blue-white colored star found in the hunter's legs. Long ago sky watchers found imaginary figures in the sky which were called constellations.