Here are some of the things to see this month:
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- 11 pm, southwestern sky – Orion constellation, famous for Orion’s Belt, formed by Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka, and the bright stars Betelgeuse, Rigel, Bellatrix and Saiph outlining the constellation’s hourglass shape
- 11 pm, northwestern sky – Auriga constellation, home to Capella, one of the brightest stars in the sky
- 11 pm, western sky – Taurus constellation with two prominent open clusters, the Pleiades and the Hyades, the bright Aldebaran, and the Crab Nebula (Messier 1), the remnant of a supernova observed in 1054
Related: January constellations