Constellations
Winter Hexagon
In Canis Major, Canis Minor, Gemini, Auriga, Taurus and Orion
Also known as winter circle.
6 looks for Winter Hexagon
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Winter Hexagon
- What it is
- A star pattern: Six bright stars in a ring round Orion
- Family
- Famous star patterns
- Where
- Along the celestial equator: seen from both hemispheres
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in February
- Centre
- Right ascension 6h 14m, declination +12° 19′
- The figure
- 6 stars joined by 6 lines
- Brightest star
- Sirius, magnitude -1.46
It sits in Canis Major, Canis Minor, Gemini, Auriga, Taurus and Orion.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Sirius (α CMa)mag -1.46
- Capella (α Aur)mag 0.08
- Rigel (β Ori)mag 0.12
- Procyon (α CMi)mag 0.38
- Aldebaran (α Tau)mag 0.85
- Pollux (β Gem)mag 1.14
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation