标签: 星群

金字塔山上空的北斗七星

2023年12月10日 Big Dipper over Pyramid Mountain Image Credit & Copyright: Steve Cullen Explanation: When did you first learn to identify this group of stars? Although they are familiar to many people around the world, different cultures have associated this asterism with different icons and folklore. Known in the USA as the Big Dipper, the stars are part o...

甘伯串珠

2023年1月3日 Kemble’s Cascade of Stars Image Credit & Copyright: Tommy Lease Explanation: This line of stars is real. A little too faint to see with the unaided eye, Kemble’s Cascade of stars inspires awe when seen with binoculars. Like the Big Dipper though, Kemble’s Cascade is an asterism, not a constellation. The asterism is visible in the northern sky ...

北天的冬季六边形

2019 December 26 The Northern Winter Hexagon Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek Explanation: December’s New Moon brought a solar eclipse to some for the holiday season. It also gave beautiful dark night skies to skygazers around the globe, like this moonless northern winter night. In the scene, bright stars of the Winter Hexagon along the Milky...