View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Jose Zarcos Palma in Mina São Domingos, Mertola, Portugal, shared this image of the asterism known as the Winter Circle or Hexagon on December 26, 2022. Jose wrote: “I planned this composition to catch the great winter circle in an early stage of its ascension just behind the abandoned mining ruins of Achada do Gamo. We can clearly see Sirius in the constellation of Canis Major the Greater Dog near the chimney on the right side, just below Orion the Hun...
