The brilliance of stars is monitored when seen with the naked eye on winter nights compared to the rest of the year. During December, January and February, the part of the earth on which we live faces the outer part of the spiral arm in our galaxy, the Milky Way to which the sun belongs, so we look towards fewer stars, which means less light in the sky. So the stars look more visible.
According to the Astronomical Society in Jeddah, during the summer months of June, July and August, the night sky is towards the center of our galaxy, where the lights of billions and billions of stars unite, causing the sky to appear hazy and unclear.
The secret of the stars shine in winter
Our galaxy, the Milky Way, has a diameter of about 100,000 light-years, and its center is about 25,000 to 28,000 light-years away, and we cannot see that center because it is hidden behind the galaxy’s dust.
The spiral arm of the galaxy in which the sun is located is called (the arm of Orion) or (the arm of Orion) or (the local arm) or (the arm of Orion-Cygnus). It is a small arm that is about 3,500 light-years wide and about 10,000 light-years long. Orion) near the inner edge and about half the length of the cubit itself.
The arm of the galaxy “Orion” was named after the group of Orion stars, Orion, or as it is known to the Arabs as Gemini, which shines in the night sky during the winter season as it is now, and these stars are also located within the arm of Orion in our galaxy.