Hiker with head torch views the Tre Cime di Lavaredo on a starry night with the Milky Way, winter view, Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Lavaredo peaks), Sesto (Sexten), Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Milky Way and stars over the sharp pinnacles of Cadini di Misurina, Dolomites, Belluno province, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Bare tree under the Milky Way arch in the starry sky over Pico Ruivo mountain, Madeira, Portugal, Atlantic, Europe

Milky Way over Cadini di Misurina mountain group, Dolomites, Belluno province, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Milky Way over Tre Cime di Lavaredo in summer, Sesto Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

A horizon-to-zenith panorama of the winter consellations on a March evening as they set into the southwest. Orion is at bottom centre, with his Belt pointing down to Canis Major and up to Taurus. Gemini and Auriga are at top, in this case near the zenith overhead. The bright star clusters, M44, the Beehive, (at left) and M45, the Pleiades, (at right) flank the Milky Way. M45 is embedded in the Zodiacal Light. The star clusters M35 in Gemini and M41 in Canis Major are also visible as diffuse spots, as are several other star clusters. A couple of satellite trails are visible.

Orion and the winter stars and constellations rising in the light of a first quarter Moon on December 3, 2019. The vertical format sweeps up the Milky Way.

The constellation of Orion the Hunter, at right, and his two Hunting Dogs and their brightest stars: Procyon in Canis Minor (at left) and Sirius in Canis Major (at bottom).

Winter Milky Way

Milky Way, Palau

Igloo, Starry sky with milky way in the mountains in winter, Wattentaler Lizum, Tuxer Alps, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

The Milky Way and two tracks of satellites on a starlit sky in winter, weak northern lights, aurora borealis on the lower sky, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Europe

Starry sky with milky way in the mountains in winter, Wattentaler Lizum, Tuxer Alps, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Sea of clouds lit by the Arve valley, by night, and Milky Way, facing the Mole mountain, the Aravis massif, and the Brasses massif, Alps, France