Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
The Winter Hexagon
Explanation:
Some of the brightest stars [ http://www.seds.org…] form a large and easily found pattern [ http://astronomy.sw…] in the winter sky [ http://www.astro.uu…] of Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]'s northern hemisphere [ http://www.sel.noaa…]. Dubbed the Winter Hexagon [ http://www.earthvis…], the stars involved can usually be identified even in the bright night skies [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of a big city. The six stars that compose the Winter Hexagon are Aldebaren [ http://www.astro.ui…], Capella [ http://www.astro.wi…], Castor [ http://einstein.stc…], Procyon [ http://www.solstati…], Rigel [ http://www.sciencen…], and Sirius [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Rolling your cursor over the above image [ http://www.astropix…] will identify them. The Winter Hexagon [ http://newton.dep.a…] asterism [ http://www.seds.org…] engulfs several constellations [ http://www.astro.wi…] including Orion [ http://www.seds.org…] and Canis Major [ http://www.astronom…].
Credit and Copyright:
//www.astropix.com/H TML/K_MISC/COPYRITE. HTM" >Copyright: Jerry Lodriguss [ mailto:jml@astropix. com ]
keyword:
Winter Hexagon
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Orion
facet_what:
DMSP
facet_what:
SIRIUS
facet_what:
ALDEBARAN
facet_what:
ASTRON
facet_what:
RIGEL
facet_what:
Canis Major
facet_what:
ASTER
facet_what:
CAPELLA
facet_what:
CASTOR
facet_what:
PROCYON
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap021106
Image ID:
105317
Resolution Size:
3
Format:
JPEG
Media Type:
Image
File Name:
hexagon_lodriguss.jp g
Width:
651
Height:
502

The Winter Hexagon

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