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Winter Hexagon

Winter Hexagon proper noun: an asterism in the northern hemisphere in wintertime, with vertices at Rigel, Aldebaran, Capella, Pollux, Procyon, and Sirius, which circumscribes the asterism constellation of Orion.

Proper noun

Winter Hexagon

  1. An asterism in the northern hemisphere in wintertime, with vertices at Rigel, Aldebaran, Capella, Pollux, Procyon, and Sirius, which circumscribes the asterism constellation of Orion.

Questions about Winter Hexagon

What does Winter Hexagon mean?
Winter Hexagon means an asterism in the northern hemisphere in wintertime, with vertices at Rigel, Aldebaran, Capella, Pollux, Procyon, and Sirius, which circumscribes the asterism constellation of Orion.
What part of speech is Winter Hexagon?
Winter Hexagon is a proper noun.

Words near Winter Hexagon in the dictionary

  1. winter grapes
  2. Winter Harbor
  3. Winter Haven
  4. winter heliotrope
  5. winter heliotropes
  6. Winter Hexagon
  7. winter holiday
  8. winter holidays
  9. winter jasmine
  10. winter kill
  11. winter kills

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