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==Visibility== [[File:Winter Triangle.png|thumb|left|Winter Triangle]] For much of the night in the northern winter, the Winter Triangle is high in the sky at mid-northern [[latitude]]s, but can also be seen during [[autumn]] in the early morning to the East. In the [[spring (season)|spring]] the winter triangle is visible early in the evening to the West before its stars set below the [[horizon]]. From the [[southern hemisphere]] it appears upside down and lower in the sky during the [[summer]] months.<ref name=dipper/> The Winter Triangle surrounds most of the faint constellation [[Monoceros (constellation)|Monoceros]], although its brightest stars are of fourth [[apparent magnitude|magnitude]] and hardly noticeable to the naked eye. The triangle includes two first magnitude stars, while Sirius is even brighter. The other bright stars of the winter sky lie around the triangle: Orion including [[Rigel]]; [[Aldebaran]] in [[Taurus (constellation)|Taurus]]; [[Castor (star)|Castor]] and [[Pollux (star)|Pollux]] in [[Gemini (constellation)|Gemini]]; and [[Capella]] in [[Auriga (constellation)|Auriga]]. {{clear}}
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