Good evening and salutations, fellow amateur stargazers and night sky enthusiasts.
Here in North America, the month of November brings with it the return to the late night/early morning sky of the Winter Circle (Winter Hexagon) Constellations.
The following are the photos I took early in the morning of the brightest stars of the Constellations Orion, Canis Major, Canis Minor, and Taurus -- as well as all the bright stars of the great Winter Circle asterism.
Orion The Hunter can be seen overhead accompanied by his faithful dogs: Canis Major and Canis Minor once again chasing down their adversary, Taurus The Bull.
This heavenly struggle is easily spotted by locating the stars of the "Orion's Belt" asterism which (as I've noted in previous night sky posts) can help any novice stargazer locate the position of the Constellation Orion and how they point in a direct line between the bright stars, Sirius (The Dog Star) in Canis Major and the equally bright red giant star, Aldebaran (The Eye of the Bull) in Taurus.
The Winter Triangle asterism connects the Hunter with his Dogs with the three points of the Triangle being Sirius (the brightest star of Canis Major) and Procyon (the brightest star of Canis Minor) with the star Betelgeuse, the shoulder of Orion.
The vast Winter Circle (or Winter Hexagon) asterism encircles Orion the Hunter and can be spotted by finding the seven major stars: Procyon, Castor, Pollux, Capella, Aldebaran, Rigel, and Sirius.
As the autumn months here in North America give way towards the end of the calendar year and the coming winter season, the Winter Circle and its constellations will begin to appear in the evening skies.
In addition, I was also able to capture these really good shots of the crescent moon and the bright planet Venus -- now a "morning star" -- in the eastern sky overhead.
Here in North America, the month of November brings with it the return to the late night/early morning sky of the Winter Circle (Winter Hexagon) Constellations.
The following are the photos I took early in the morning of the brightest stars of the Constellations Orion, Canis Major, Canis Minor, and Taurus -- as well as all the bright stars of the great Winter Circle asterism.
Orion The Hunter can be seen overhead accompanied by his faithful dogs: Canis Major and Canis Minor once again chasing down their adversary, Taurus The Bull.
This heavenly struggle is easily spotted by locating the stars of the "Orion's Belt" asterism which (as I've noted in previous night sky posts) can help any novice stargazer locate the position of the Constellation Orion and how they point in a direct line between the bright stars, Sirius (The Dog Star) in Canis Major and the equally bright red giant star, Aldebaran (The Eye of the Bull) in Taurus.
The Winter Triangle asterism connects the Hunter with his Dogs with the three points of the Triangle being Sirius (the brightest star of Canis Major) and Procyon (the brightest star of Canis Minor) with the star Betelgeuse, the shoulder of Orion.
The vast Winter Circle (or Winter Hexagon) asterism encircles Orion the Hunter and can be spotted by finding the seven major stars: Procyon, Castor, Pollux, Capella, Aldebaran, Rigel, and Sirius.
As the autumn months here in North America give way towards the end of the calendar year and the coming winter season, the Winter Circle and its constellations will begin to appear in the evening skies.
In addition, I was also able to capture these really good shots of the crescent moon and the bright planet Venus -- now a "morning star" -- in the eastern sky overhead.
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