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Credit & Copyright: Jerry Lodriguss
Explanation:
Some of the
brightest stars
form a large and easily found
pattern in the
winter sky of
Earth's
northern hemisphere.
Dubbed the
Winter Hexagon, the stars involved can usually be
identified even in the
bright night skies of a
big city.
The six stars that compose the Winter Hexagon are
Aldebaren,
Capella,
Castor,
Procyon,
Rigel, and
Sirius.
Rolling your cursor over the
above image will identify them.
The Winter Hexagon
asterism engulfs several constellations including
Orion and
Canis Major.
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