Orion constellation goes from hunter to hunted in the March night sky

The constellation of Orion represents the hunter for most of the year, but in mid-March, the bright stars of this prominent collection of stars becomes hunted by skywatchers. 

The stars of Orion, named after the pinnacle of human excellence in hunting in Homer’s epic Greek poem “The Odyssey,” can be found shining brightly in the southwestern sky during the evening throughout March. The Orion nebula, the nearest star-forming region to Earth, can be easily found within the constellation and can even be made out with binoculars in reasonably dark skies.