Winter Triangle

English

Proper noun

Winter Triangle

[the W- T-] (uranography) A bright asterism of the northern winter sky. Its corners are the three 1st-magnitude stars Betelgeuse (α Ori), Procyon (α CMi), and Sirius (α CMa).

Translations

a bright asterism of the northern winter sky

Finnish: Talvikolmio
French: Triangle d’hiver m
German: Winterdreieck n
Italian: Triangolo Invernale m
Japanese: 冬の大三角形 (Fuyu no Daisankak(u)kei)
Russian: Зимний треуго́льник (Zimnij treugólʹnik)

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