Those interested in astronomy love to observe the sky and the movements of the stars, but observing the stars in winter is an exceptional feature, there are two belts inside it, namely the belt of the “Jabbar Spur” and a belt above it, which it is the belt of “Perseus”. In these two belts the stars shine clearly, since it is easy to observe them because they are as close as possible to the planet Earth.
What are the most important stars in the winter sky and how do you read them?
Many bright stars can be observed in the winter season, and their reading varies from one country to another, depending on the geographic location in relation to latitude, the observation date according to the Gregorian calendar and the local time during monitoring, which depends on geographic longitude, and the following are the most important stars that can be tracked in the winter sky and how to read it:
Orion
The word constellation indicates a group of stars that, seen in a known way, look like an animal or a human being.The ancients depicted the constellation of Orion in the form of a fighter carrying a club in one hand and a shield in the other. with a sword scabbard hanging from his belt. The constellation of Orion can be seen in the form of seven prominent bright stars. Four of them appear in the shape of a square and the other three line up in the center of the straight square, and interspersed with what appears to be a faint cloud, in the corner of the constellation there is a large star called “Casa del Sagittarius”, adjacent to it. there is another planet, “Saif”, which appears blue due to its very high temperature.
As for the adjacent star, it is the “Rail” star, which is also a hot planet. As for the fourth star of the group and closest to planet Earth, it is the star “Bellatrix”. The “Nazm” star is in the center and the “Nazm” star is at the bottom. The stars of the Orion belt are considered to be the brightest stars in the constellation, which is why some call it the pearl necklace. The constellation of Orion can be clearly seen in late autumn and early winter, when its stars gather in a southerly direction. East of the sky, around eight in the evening in early December.
Canis Major
The most important feature of the constellation of the Great Dog is the presence in it of a star which is considered one of the closest stars to planet Earth, the star Sirius.Sirio with this name because it is located to the right of the Orion belt, and revolves around to Sirius, a small planet the size of the planet Uranus, and its mass is greater than the mass of the Sun, and can be seen as a large nebula revolving around Sirius.
Canis Minor
The constellation of Canine Minor is made up of two stars, “Al-Shi’ari Al-Shamiya” and “Al-Ghamida.” The star “Al-Shi’ari Al-Shamiya” is located above the Yemeni star Sirius, to the left, which is why it is usually easy to spot. Winter. ” As for the star of Al-Ghamida, it is also called “Al Marzam” and is located south of the sky.
Taurus The Bull
The constellation of Taurus is one of the most famous things that can be observed in the winter sky. The group of “Pleiades” and the star Aldebaran, which appears in red, form the right eye of the bull, while the “Ain” la star forms the other eye of the bull.
At the center of the constellation two groups of stars appear: the group “Al Qalads”, which represents the face of the bull and appears in the shape of a “V”, while the other group is known as the “Pleiades” group or the group of the “Seven sisters “, representing a cluster in the bull’s neck. Most of the stars can be seen. Stars of the constellation Taurus with the naked eye.
Twins
The constellation of Gemini appears to be the closest group to the north of the sky, and can clearly appear next to the constellation of Orion.The constellation of Gemini is made up of four stars.In ancient myths it is said that it forms two twin heads looking at the Earth, the first twin head is the red star Pollux, and the twin’s head The second is the white star Plato “Castor”, and north of the Gemini constellation there is a small constellation called “Auriga” in the middle of the bright star “Al- Ayouq “, and this constellation appears in the form of a pentagram.
