Although winter is officially here, the stars of the Summer Triangle -- Deneb, Altair, and Vega -- remain in view in the western evening sky. This shows the view a couple of hours after sunset. Deneb forms the "tail" of Cygnus, the swan, the brightest stars of which also form the Northern Cross. [Tim Jones]
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