Gemini/Canis major/

 Gemini


Once you identify the head of orion, north of it and slightly to
the East, two bright stars close to each other are visible. They are Castor and Pollux. These two stars indicate the heads of the twins in the Gemini constellation










Canis major

Now connect the three stars in the belt of orion and took along the line towards
the east. Now, you will observe the brightest star in the sky. This is Sirius. It belongs to the constellation Canis Major .

Taurus Constellation.

 Now, look at the north direction the  west of the orion. You will see a group

of stars in the shape of a letter ‘V’. The bright red star in the ‘v’ is Alpha centori or Aldebaran. This is supposed to depict one eye of an ox which is about to attack
orion

The face of the ox is denoted by the five stars in the
shape of letter ‘V’. If you examine closer you would be
able to find the two stars fairly apart at the end of the
horn of the ox. In the Taurus constellation there is a very
attractive star group called pleiades. When observed
with the telescope pleiades constellation appears as to consisting of more than two hundred stars. The maximum number of stars that can be observed by the naked eye
is nearly nine. The brightest star of this group is Tori

Observe the sky around 8 p.m. in the months of February and March. You can identify the brightest star sirius. As you go on observing from the top to down you will be able to identify the second brightest star Canopus in the sky. If you examine it carefully you will see that its colour changes constantly. If you can connect the stars Sirius and Canopus by an imaginery line and extend that line downards you are getting close to the south pole of the sky. By this you can identify the south direction of the sky in the night.
Given below are some constellations you will see in the mid - night sky in the months of February and March. They can be observed in the months of May and June around 8 p.m. in the night.