Constellations visible in the November sky

1. Constellations visible in the November sky Click on constellations to learn more about them

3. Ursa Minor • Best seen in June • Commonly called the little dipper • Most famous star is Polaris, the North Star

4. Ursa Major • Best seen in April • Contains the Big Dipper • The line that connects Dubhe with Merak points to Polaris, the North Star

5. Cygnus • Best seen in September • Looks like a cross or a swan • Contains Cygnus X-1, a possible black hole

6. Cassiopeia • Best seen in November • Looks like a W • The Romans thought it was the throne of Queen Cassiopeia

7. Orion • Best seen in January • Looks like a hunter • Three bright starts in a line make up his belt. They are easily seen in the Southern Hemisphere in the winter. • The bright star Betelgeuse forms his left shoulder

8. Gemini • Best seen in February • Constellation of the two twins, Castor and Pollux

9. Pegasus • Best seen in October • Pegasus is a winged horse

10. Lepus • Best seen in February • Lepus is a hare • One of the many animals hunted by Orion

11. Cepheus • Best seen in October • King of Ethiopia • Not very bright but located in an empty part of the sky near North Pole

12. Auriga • Best seen in February • Auriga is a a charioteer

13. Taurus • Best seen in January • The Bull • One of the 13 Zodiac constellations • Hunted by Orion

14. Pisces • Best seen in November • The fishes • One of the 13 Zodiac constellations

15. Andromeda • Best seen in November • Princess of Ethiopia

16. Draco • Best seen in July • The Dragon

17. Cetus • Best seen in December • Seen as a whale or a sea monster • Large but faint constellation

18. Lyra • The Lyre is a stringed instrument like a harp • Contains the star Vega, part of the summer triangle • In another 10,000 years or so, the North Star will be Vega instead of Polaris

19. Perseus • Best seen in December • The son of Zeus, the king of the Greek gods, and a mortal woman.