A field guide to the Night Sky
Twelve constellations and their brightest stars
Twelve well-known constellations as small star charts, from the Great Bear and Cassiopeia to Orion, Leo and the summer triangle, with their brightest stars and the best season to see them.
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- Great Bear Ursa Major · UMa All year · brightest: Alioth
- Little Bear Ursa Minor · UMi All year · brightest: Polaris
- Cassiopeia Cassiopeia · Cas All year, best in autumn · the “W”
- Orion Orion · Ori Winter · brightest: Rigel
- The Bull Taurus · Tau Winter · brightest: Aldebaran
- The Twins Gemini · Gem Winter · brightest: Pollux
- The Lion Leo · Leo Spring · brightest: Regulus
- The Swan Cygnus · Cyg Summer · brightest: Deneb
- The Lyre Lyra · Lyr Summer · brightest: Vega
- The Eagle Aquila · Aql Summer · brightest: Altair
- The Scorpion Scorpius · Sco Summer, low in the south · Antares
- Pegasus Pegasus · Peg Autumn · brightest: Enif
Evening sky from the Northern Hemisphere, mid-latitudes; north is up, east is left. Figures are not to a common scale.
Deneb, Vega and Altair form the Summer Triangle; star size shows brightness, gold marks the named stars.