When looking up on a clear night, find the winter constellation “Orion the Hunter.” Once you find it, you will see that the Milky Way ribbon of stars passes through it. This huge flat ribbon of stars is comprised of 100 to 400 billion stars, most with their own planets orbiting about them. The Milky Way sprawls out across trillions of miles of the night shy. Our solar system is but a tiny speck at the outer edge our galaxy which is a part of the Milky Way. Earlier sunsets and later sunrises provide additional hours of star gazing that are not available to us during the warmer months.įor some observers, it may be difficult to identify certain constellations because of the countless number of stars visible across the night sky.Įarth is the only life sustaining planet in our solar system with a small star, the sun, at its center. This perfect combination cannot be matched at any other time of year. Long winter nights, dry air, and billions of distant light sources from our very own galaxy, provide the ideal conditions for studying or enjoying the star-studded canopy above. During the cold winter months, crisp and clear nights provide an unparalleled opportunity to appreciate the quiet majesty of the universe. The small towns that are scattered about emit very little light pollution that diminishes one’s view of a dazzling winter night sky. There is no place better than the Driftless region, of Southwest Wisconsin, to view an unobstructed winter night sky.
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