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the sky's b-team, dimmer only because winter's showoffs get the good seats first.

means the constellations and bright stars visible in the evening sky during summer months, when earth's night side faces a less star-dense stretch of the galaxy.

from the term describes an observational fact, not a scientific category: as earth orbits the sun, the night side faces different directions throughout the year, rotating which constellations dominate the evening sky each season.

for instance

summer trianglevega, deneb, altair anchor the summer sky worldwide

scorpiuslow southern constellation, visible june through august

sagittariuspoints toward the milky way's dense galactic center

antaresred supergiant, the heart of scorpius, rivals mars in color

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