This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher: The Winter Hexagon

Six of the sky's brightest stars make this huge asterism.
By | Published: March 31, 2025 | Last updated on April 1, 2025

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out and use just your eyes to make a giant figure out of some of the sky’s brightest stars. The Winter Hexagon is a six-sided figure whose end points include Sirius, the sky’s brightest star, along with three more of the top 10 brightest: Capella, Rigel, and Procyon. Good luck!

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