Astronomy Picture of the Day——北天的冬季六边形

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 Way are rising. Cosy mountain cabins in the snowy foreground are near the village of Oravska Lesna, Slovakia. The shining celestial beacons marking the well-known asterism are Aldebaran, Capella, Pollux (and Castor), Procyon, Rigel, and Sirius. This winter nightscape also reveals faint nebulae in Orion, and the lovely Pleiades star cluster. Slide your cursor over the image to trace the winter hexagon, or just follow this link.

北天的冬季六边形

12月的新月不仅给这个满是节日氛围的月份带来了日食，还为全球的天文爱好者带来了美丽的夜空，例如，这个没有月亮的北半球冬夜。在这幅雪景照片中，沿着银河系冬季六边形的明亮恒星高悬在斯洛伐克·奥拉夫斯卡莱斯纳附近舒适的小木屋上空。组成这个著名六边形的亮星是毕宿五、五车二、北河三、北河二、南河三、参宿七和天狼星。这幅深空曝光图像还呈现了猎户座内的黯淡星云和美丽的昴宿星团。

高清原图地址：

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1912/Orava_Duskova_WinterHexagon_0.png

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