Olympic Astronomical Society

winter constellation

In our November society meeting at Olympic College, a lecture on the Winter Constellation was presented. Interesting things to see during the winter months are:

• Cetus the Monster Constellation

- M77 A Galaxy in Cetus

- Mira The Amazing Star

- NGC-1055 An edge-on spiral galaxy

• Triangulum Constellation

- Triangulum Galaxy A spriral galaxy

• Taurus the Bull Constellation

- M45 Pleiades star cluster

- M1 Crab Nebula

• Auriga the Charioteer

- M36, M37, M38 Messier objects all clustered together

- Capella brightest star in this constellation

• Orion the Hunter

- M42 and M43 Nebula

- M78 Nebula

- Trapezium found in M42

- Barnard's Loop an emission nebula

• Canis Major the Big Hunting Dog & Lepus the Hare

- M41 and M79 Blogger by Tony Flanders

- IC 2177 large emission nebula also known as the Seagull Nebula

• Monceros the Unicorn

- M50 cluster

- NGC 2215 open cluster

- NGC 2286 open cluster

• Gemini the Twins

- M35

- Castor (alpha geninorum)

• Cancer the Crab

- M44

- M67

- NGC 2775