All winter long the great constellation Orion the Hunter has roamed our skies, with its bright belt of three stars in nearly ...

From Manchester, the close approach will become visible at around 8.37pm (BST) about 30 degrees above the western horizon, according to In The Sky. From London, the pair will become visible at 9.24pm.

"The universe is filled with a range of three-body systems, including the closest stars to Earth, the Alpha Centauri star ...

Below the belt is Rigel, while to its left and slightly below is Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. Use these three stars to form an equilateral shape — the Winter Triangle.