Make an imaginary line starting at Aldebaran and going sharply northward with a slight eastward slant.  When moving along this line you will encounter a bright magnitude 0 star known as Capella in the constellation Auriga, The Charioteer.  In Figure 16, you can see that the primary stars in Auriga form a lopsided pentagon. 

Again using Figure 16, locate the faint stars in Camelopardalis, The Giraffe. This area concludes our January exploration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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