What Is your favorite constellation?

[ecosse]

I got up for work early today and when I left the house it was still pretty dark outside. I managed to see Orion for the first time since around march. Made me realise how much sky he takes up, like a giant warrior! Can't wait untill I get a chance at the great nebula with the new scope

[LukeSkywatcher]

Orion is also my favourite. It was the first constellation i learned to spot and name when i was about 6-7 yrs old. Observationally speaking, my favourite is Auriga.

[Si W]

Orion, it's just a wonderful site in the winter skies, even before you explore it's wonders from behind the eyepiece/CCD.

[JohnC]

Another vote for Orion.

[deebster]

Orion is a sight to behold alright, but I always then have to go past Aldebaran and over to the Pleiades

[kris h]

Its between Orion & Cygnus , Orion was the 1st i found always

wondered what the 3 stars in a line was called should of remembered

from The Men In Black film ( the galaxy is on Orions Belt ) & the Orion

nebula

Cygnus because of Albireo

[Double Kick Drum]

Sagittarius

I am 51 degrees North and so observing it with a good Southern horizon is a rare thing for me.

All those globulars, open clusters and nebulae. It is the toy shop I don't get to visit very often.

[Matt2011]

I like Taurus as there is a lot to observe there including the pleiades and hyades and aldebaran among other wonders!

[fly in the sky]

i think they are all fascinating,orion being the most widely known,even to non gazers.had a brilliant view yester morn of orion,could just make out the nebula,alas no scope with me

[Patbloke]

It's Orion... Because it's the first one I explored with my scope... love it!

[RobH]

It has to be Orion

[Charon]

Pleiades for me, I remember seeing it for the first time when I was very young and my father doing his best trying to explain what it was.

[ecosse]

Seems like Orion is the favorite, it was the only one that I knew before I got into astronomy mainly due to the belt. M42 was the first nebula that I ever saw when I first got my scope. That's why he is my favorite. This may change I guess when I get to explore more of the sky

[sbooder]

I would love to be different and say some obscure constellation but it’s Orion, It is such a site in the winter sky and it has my favourite object in it M42.

[Luke]

It's Orion for me too, maybe a combination of just looking so striking with the three stars in a row plus being home to the Orion Nebula.

I have a soft spot for Ursa Major too, I see it so much that it feels like a really old friend.

[Earl]

Orion it is Iconinc

[JB80]

Crux.

[SunStealer]

Orion again - it's like an old friend i look forward to seeing every year

[LukeSkywatcher]

Orion again - it's like an old friend i look forward to seeing every year

Exactly how i feel about Orion. He is indeed an old friend.

[661-pete]

Errr.... Pleiades isn't a constellation. If you want to nominate the constellation that Pleiades are in, say 'Taurus'. But I see what folks mean...

I'll have to counter all these votes for the 'obvious' Orion and Cygnus, won't I? Let's see - something on the more obscure side...?

Coma Berenices.

Why? Well, it doesn't really look like a constellation does it, more like a dim V-shaped cluster - which is a spectacular sight in the bins - and not too familiar to the casual observer. But it's distinctive enough - given reasonably dark skies and knowing where to look.

And home to such a wealth of beautiful galaxies. NGC4565 is one of my favourites, but then there's M64, M99, M100 - and lots more.

[JB80]

See, that's the exact way I feel about Crux.

Maybe it's a case of you don't know what your missing until it's gone though.

[661-pete]

See, that's the exact way I feel about Crux.

Maybe it's a case of you don't know what your missing until it's gone though.

Crux is one I'd like to know better, but I've never really seen it to advantage. My only view of it was from the West Indies when it was low on the horizon and you couldn't see more than the four main stars.

I've never been south of the Line - one thing I've missed out on in life...

[LukeSkywatcher]

See, that's the exact way I feel about Crux.

Maybe it's a case of you don't know what your missing until it's gone though.

I dread the day that Beetlejuice (the orange star in Orion) goes supernova. I wont be able to find Orion anymore,LOL.

[Skybrowser]

Lots of votes for Orion - a true favourite. Cygnus for me. I know it's not much but it's what you can't see with the naked eye. How many Cygnus images have you seen which are simply stunning? After Cygnus, my vote goes to Hercules. It's where I saw my first Globular Cluster. Amazing sight.

[saturn4me]

Got to be orion:D