Summer Constellation

Have you ever wondered why the night sky in the winter may look different to you than the night sky in the summer or fall? This is because we see the constellations at different times of the year for the different seasons- spring, summer, fall, and winter. Since the Earth orbits the Sun we do not get one constant area of constellations. The constellations we see in the summer are not the same ones we see in the winter. We never see the same constellation all year long. Unless the constellation is circumpolar. There are only five circumpolar constellations: Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Draco, Cepheus, and Cassiopeia. These are visible all year long and when trying to find other constellations are great guides. During winter, the summer constellations are in the sky the same time as the Sun, which is why they are not visible to us and we see them only during summer. This is why Orion and the winter constellations are only visible during winter.
There are 12 main constellations that make up the winter constellations. Each having its own main stars or star clusters. These 12 constellations make up our winter night sky. They are Cancer (the Crab), Canis Major (the Big Dog), Canis Minor (the Little Dog), Crater …show more content…
These stars show the two different periods of a star’s life. Rigel is a star nearing the peak of its life. A true supergiant showing a blazing white-hot star with immense brilliance and beauty. Rigel is located 860 light-years from Earth and the computed luminosity is approximately 130,000 times the brightness of the sun. This ranks the star as the seventh brightest star in the night sky. The magnitude of the star is +0.12. Betelgeuse is a star nearing the end of its life. Shining with a cool, subdued red hue and a location of 643 light-years away it is, according to scientists, expected to become a supernova within the next million years. This is due to the spasms of expansion and