Summer constellation

In Europe, summer constellations are those constellations that can be easily seen in the evening summer sky . In itself, the term applies to the entire northern hemisphere of the earth, while the same constellations south of the equator can be observed at the same time, but in the winter there.

Well-known summer constellations

About 35% of the constellations visible in mid-northern latitudes can be called summer constellations. At the edges they overlap with the constellations of the spring or autumn sky
(these constellations have no generic articles because they are relatively inconspicuous).

The most famous summer constellations include:

• Swan (Cygnus), Adler (Aquila) and lyre (Lyra) through which the milk line runs and their main star Deneb , Altair and Vega the so-called summer triangle form
• to the right Hercules and serpent bearer (Ophiuchus)
• deep in the south the constellations Scorpio and Sagittarius (center of the Milky Way)
• Dragon (near the zenith) and Cassiopeia (high in the east).