If you are up before dawn tomorrow morning scanning the northeastern sky for streaking meteors from the Perseid shower, don't forget to look toward the east and welcome back Orion to the morning sky. Orion's reappearance reminds us of the cycle of changing seasons and the cold weather that's just a few short months away.

Start looking for Orion right above the eastern horizon around 5 a.m. The three stars in the Hunter's belt will be pointing up from the horizon to Aldebaran, the brightest star in Taurus, and the Pleiades star cluster.

If you are up for a challenge this week, try locating the four visible planets in the western twilight with your binoculars. Mars is the faintest and highest of the group, sitting about 8¹/₂ degrees above the western horizon. The challenging trio of Mercury, Venus and Saturn sits below and to the right of Mars, within 2 degrees of the horizon. Next week, Saturn will break from the trio and disappear below the horizon.