All around Auriga
Map 5: North Equatorial 2
Perseus to Cancer
Published: Friday, August 3, 2007
Late fall and early winter evenings in the Northern Hemisphere offer three constellations with a wide range of deep-sky objects: Auriga, Taurus, and Gemini. The Milky Way's rich star clouds pass right through Auriga and Gemini and skirt Taurus' eastern edge.