Winter Stars are in the east at 10 PM in late November, and in the west at 10 PM in late April. They are not visible at all late April through earlyAugust.
Coordinates are epoch 2000.
| Constellation | Name | Description | Magnitude | RA | dec |
| Canis major | Sirius | brightest star | -1.47 | 6h 45m 8.6s | -16º 43' 05" |
| Auriga | Capella | 6th brightest star "little she-goat" | 0.06 | 5h 16m 41.4s | 45º 59' 50" |
| Orion | Rigel | blue giant; 7th brightest star | 0.15 | 5h 14m 32.2s | -8º 12' 05" |
| Canis minor | procyon | 8th brightest star | 0.37 | 7h 39m 17.8s | 5º 13' 23" |
| Orion | Betelgeuse | Red giant; 10th brightest star | 0.43 | 5h 55m 10.3s | 7º 24' 25" |
| Tarus | Aldeberon | Red giant; 14th brightest star | 0.84 | 4h 35m 55.2s | 16º 30' 31" |
| Gemini | Pollux | 17th brightest star | 1.15 | 7h 45m 18.6s | 28º 1' 34" |
| Tarus | M45 (Pleaides) | open cluster | 1.37 | 3h 46m 48.4s | 24º 11' 21" |
| Canis major | Adhara | 22 brightest star | 1.50 | 6h 58m 37.5s | -28º 58' 19" |
| Gemini | Castor | tight visual binary; 23rd brightest star | 1.56 | 7h 34m 35.7s | 31º 53' 16" |
| Orion | Mintaka | on the equator; 74th brightest star | 2.25 | 5h 32m 0.4s | -0º 17' 56" |
| Lepus | gamma | wide yellow-orange dbl | 3.56 | 5h 44m 27.9s | -22º 26' 51" |
| Monoceres | ngc 2264 (Christmas tree) | open cluster | 3.90 | 6h 41m 2s | 9º 38' 13" |
| Monoceres | ngc 2244 | open cluster in 2237 | 4.80 | 6h 31m 55.5s | 4º 56' 34" |
| Orion | trapezium | Multiple star | 4.96 | 5h 35m 15.8s | -5º 23' 14" |
| Orion | M42 | diffuse nebula | 5.00 | 5h 35m 8.5s | -5º 25' 54" |
| Canis major | M41 | tight open cluster | 5.00 | 6h 46m 13.7s | -20º 43' 7" |
| Gemini | M35 | open cluster | 5.09 | 6h 9m 6.6s | 24º 20' 3" |
| Auriga | M37 | open cluster | 5.60 | 5h 52m 16.7s | 32º 32' 39" |
| Auriga | M36 | open cluster | 6.50 | 5h 36m 26.2s | 34º 10' 16" |
| Orion | M43 | diffuse nebula | 7.00 | 5h 35m 30.7s | -5º 18' 7" |
| Orion | ngc 1977 | diffuse nebula | 7.00 | 5h 35m 15.7s | -4º 50' 39" |
| Auriga | M38 | open cluster | 7.00 | 5h 28m 45.7s | 35º 51' 36" |
| Monoceres | M50 | open cluster | 7.00 | 7h 2m 44s | -8º 23' 17" |
| Orion | M78 | diffuse nebula | 8.00 | 5h 46m 41.9s | 0º 3' 7" |
| Lepus | M79 | globular cluster | 8.50 | 5h 24m 8.3s | -24º 31' 15" |
| Tarus | M1 (crab) | Supernova remnant | 9.00 | 5h 34m 30.3s | 22º 0' 55" |
| Eridanus | ngc 1535 | planetary nebula | 9.58 | ||
| Gemini | ngc 2392 "eskimo nebula" | planetary nebula | 9.90 | 7h 29m 10.5s | 20º 54' 41" |
| Tarus | Hyades | open cluster - very extended | ~3 | 4h 25m 54.5s | 16º 43' 31" |
| Lepus | R or Hind's Crimson Star | type N red giant, 432-day period | 8.06 ±2.5 | 4h 59m 36.3s | -14º 48' 22" |
| Monoceres | ngc 2237 (rosette) | emission nebula dominated by 2244 | 6h 30m 18s | 5º 3' 0" | |
| Monoceres | Cone nebula (bottom of christmas tree) | dark nebula | |||
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