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WinterStargazing A guide to exploring the heavens during winter Winter Sky The winter sky offers stargazers many beautiful and prominent constellations, with deep sky objects that you can really enjoy. Winter represents some of the best viewing of the year. This is because the smog and haze that mask the heavens give way to crystal-clear nights, and the night darkness comes much earlier which is essential when observing. This is a virtual tour of several of the most prominent and spectacular sights that the winter skies have to offer. As you make your way through click on the links for further information or interesting facts about different objects. Orion is jammed packed with cool things to see Second Stop: Taurus the Bull Third Stop: Ursa Major and Minor Ursa Major and Minor The second star from the end of the Big Dippers handle is called Mizar. On a clear night you might see another much more faint star called Alcor. This is a binary star system, this means that each start rotates around each other. Mizar and Alcor. By drawing a line from the star Merak and Dabhe (the end of the bowl) and extending it to the north, you will come to Polaris, the North Star. End point of the little dipper. Despite popular belief, Polaris is not the brightest star in the sky, but is special because Polaris is apparently motionless from the Earth, and all the stars of the Northern sky appear to rotate around it. Polaris The last stop Andromeda Mythology: According to most legends Cassiopeia angered Poseidon by saying that Andromeda was more beautiful than the nereids. Poseidon the god of the sea then sent a sea monster to prey upon the country; he could be appeased only by the sacrifice of the kings daughter. Andromeda in sacrifice was chained to a rock by the sea; but she was rescued by Persues, who killed the monster and later married her. * * The Winter Sky First Stop: ORION Mythology: According to one legend, Orion was the mightiest hunter of all time. One day, he bo