The stars of winter are marching toward the end of their annual evening run.
Orion is in the southwest at nightfall as April begins, for example, but is quite low in the west as the Sun begins to set by month’s end.
Sirius, the Dog Star, is to the lower left of Orion.
It’s the brightest true star in the entire night sky, so even though it’s quite low, it sparkles beautifully as it drops from view in the evening for another year.
