Across The Universe.

Beyond the setting Moon, we find the constellations of Orion and Taurus - the opposite side of the sky from the centre of the galaxy.

The first bright star to the left of our natural satellite is Aldebaran, a red giant star 65.1 light-years away; beyond that are the familiar stars of Orion - with Betelgeuse a red supergiant roughly ten times as distant as Aldebaran and Rigel, the sixth brightest star in the sky which gives you an indication of its intrinsic lumiosity despite the fact that it is a triple-star system.

Beneath the three stars of the famous 'Belt' lies the Orion Nebula, a vast cloud of gas and dust 24 light-years across, home to a bright and young cluster of new stars created within the cloud, the closest such region to Earth nearly 1,350 light-years distant - twice as far away again from Rigel.

Already, before I've even had a chance to put the kettle on, pop some bread into the toaster and turn on Radio 3, I've explored the depths of our local deep space.