This map shows the constellations seen in the south around midnight. The brilliant constellation of Orion
is seen in the south. Moving up and to the right - following the line of the three stars of Orion's belt - brings one to Taurus;
the head of the bull being outlined by the V-shaped cluster called the Hyades with its eye delineated by the orange red star
Aldebaran. Further up to the right lies the Pleaides Cluster. Towards the zenith from Taurus lies the constellation Auriga,
whose brightest star Capella will be nearly overhead. To the upper left of Orion lie the heavenly twins, or Gemini ,
their heads indicated by the two bright stars Castor and Pollux. Down to the lower left of Orion lies the brightest star in
the northern sky, Sirius, in the consteallation Canis Major. Finally, up and to the left of Sirius is Procyon in Canis
Minor. There is also information about the constellation Ursa Major, seen in the north,in the constellation details
below.
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