What's happened to Orion?

I am no astronomer but I don't think it is visible here in winter.

In fact my Night Sky App on the Ipad tells me it is setting in the west right now.

Cheers

Hi Paul

Outback sky gazing on a cloud free night is a wonderful experience. I am no astronomer but enjoy looking at the night sky and trying to identify what I see.

I use the SkySafari app (free) on an iPad. Once you understand how to use it you should be able to identify everything in the night sky seen with the naked eye.

I do not know where you are at the moment so SkySafari can’t help much as it operates on your xy location. However see image below for what it reports assuming you are in Perth.

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Happy star gazing.

Cheers John

This is where it is as at 9:20WST from perspective of Kalgoorlie.

Hi
Could still see it a couple of weeks back from WA Goldfields
Taken at around 7.00pm 26/5/18
Cheers
Paul

Thanks very much for all the interesting replies. I had no idea it was not visible in the winter, I mainly camp in the winter and it just always seems to have been up there, but there you go.