Learn the Sky | How to find the Summer Triangle Asterism @learnthesky | Uploaded June 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
The Summer Triangle Asterism is a very easy star pattern to see. Asterisms are not true constellations, but other patterns within constellations or groups of stars that form a distinctive shape. Look for the 3 brightest points in the summer sky and connect the dots to make a triangle shape. This pattern can be seen in dark skies and even light-polluted ones.

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▶ Asterisms: bit.ly/LearntheSky-Asterisms
▶ Aquila Constellation: bit.ly/LearntheSky-AquilaConstellation
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▶ Cygnus Constellation: bit.ly/LearntheSky-CygnusConstellation

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Photo Attributes
▶Summer Triangle: By NASA, ESACredit: A. Fujii - spacetelescope.org/images/heic0720c/, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7016374
▶Summer Triangle Map: By This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Zeist Antilles at the Spanish Wikipedia project. This applies worldwide.In case this is not legally possible:Zeist Antilles grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. - Own work, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2468038
▶Akira Fujii - The Constellations davidmalin.com/fujii/general/af_const1.html

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