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We start our journey at the beginning of the year when the area containing Orion and Canis Major is on the meridian. This highly recognizable piece of sky is filled with the brilliant array of Gould’s Belt, a band of nearby blue/white super giant stars that lie mainly south of the plain of the galaxy. This area is a rich star forming region, making it an astronomer’s delight!
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Chadwick, S., Cooper, I. (2012). The Hunter and His Dog. In: Imaging the Southern Sky. Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4750-4_1
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