Star Gazers

HEY LISTEN!

THE WINTER HEXAGON SHINING AGAIN!

OR IS IT A FOOTBALL??

... OR A GIANT RUPEE WAITING FOR LINK TO SCOOP IT UP?

WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT -- THIS ASTERISM IS GLITTERING HIGH IN THE SKY THIS TIME OF YEAR!

TO FIND IT, LOOK SOUTHEAST AFTER ELEVEN -- THE RUPEE ENCOMPASSES SIX CONSTELLATIONS AND EIGHT OF THE BRIGHTEST STARS VISIBLE FROM EARTH!

THIS FIRST ONE IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY: SIRIUS THE DOG STAR.

FIND IT USING ORIONS THREE BELT STARS, THEY POINT RIGHT TO IT.

FROM HERE: GO CLOCKWISE AND YOULL FIND PROCYON THE LITTLE DOG STAR, NEXT UP TO CASTOR AND POLLUX THE TWIN STARS OF GEMINI, THEN TO CAPELLA THE TOP.

FROM THERE ITS BACK DOWN AND AROUND THROUGH ALDEBARAN, THE EYE OF TAURUS THE BULL, TO RIGEL, A BLUE SUPERGIANT AND ORIONS LEFT FOOT.

LASTLY, BACK TO SIRIUS.

Daaadum DUM DUMMM!

PLUS THE MOON WILL PASS BY JUPITER IN TAURUS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

KEEP LOOKIN UP!