Identify stars in the Winter Circle.
Posted by EarthSky in TONIGHT | January 24, 2021
The chart above – for January 24, 25 and 26, 2021 – covers more area of sky than we typically show. It’s in answer to a reader in Nashville, who asked us to name the stars in the Winter Circle, a large asterism, or noticeable pattern of stars, visible in the evening at this time of year.
We can do more than just name those stars. We can advise you to go outside on the dates specified above, and look for the waxing gibbous moon, then notice the stars nearby. The moon is within the Winter Circle stars on these dates. All the stars of the Winter Circle (sometimes called the Winter Hexagon) are 1st-magnitude stars – that is, among the brightest stars of the night sky – so they should be able to withstand tonight’s drenching moonlight.
https://earthsky.org/tonight/identify-the-stars-of-the-winter-circle?fbclid=IwAR28R7uSA3W2Zm7Te03q0vEeVjd2TdoQaiOp5pK-1QtNMvWiQenu16kGoqE
