Winter Triangle

English

Proper noun

Winter Triangle

1. [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)

See also

• Summer Triangle
• Winter Hexagon