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Winter hexagon

author: Stefan Seip/Novapix

reference: a-cst58-00155

Image Size 300 DPI: 29 * 23 cm

Winter hexagon is composed by bright stars Sirius, Procyon, Pollux, Capella, Aldebaran and Rigel. The image shows also the comet 17P/Holmes. But very prominent inside the Hexagon is planet Mars. December 19, 2007.

Keywords for this photo:

17P/HOLMES - 2007 - ALDEBARAN - AMATEUR ASTRONOMER - ASTERISM - ASTRONOMY - AURIGA - BETELGEUSE - CANIS MAJOR - CANIS MINOR - CAPELLA - CASTOR - COMET - CONSTELLATION - GEMINI - HOLMES - HORIZON - HUMAN - HYADES - LIGHT - M42 - M45 - MARS - MONOCEROS - NEBULA - NEWS WINTER - NIGHT - OBSERVATION - OBSERVER - OBSERVING NIGHT - OPEN CLUSTER - ORION - PERSON - PLANET - PLEIADES - PROCYON - RIGEL - SIRIUS - STAR - STAR CLUSTER - STARRY SKY - TAURUS - WINTER - WINTER HEXAGON - WINTER TRIANGLE -