You can tell spring has officially begun in the Northern Hemisphere just by looking at the stars. Here's how to easily spot ...

Today, we call it the Big Dipper. By connecting stars in the constellation ... but many civilizations have given this asterism their own name for bear. It was "Arktos" to the ancient Greeks.

Spica, a star in Virgo, is called “Shinjuboshi” (Pearl star) in Japanese. The Big Dipper asterism is known as “Hishakuboshi” (Dipper star). Hoei Nojiri (1885-1977), a Japanese scholar of ...

Leo can be found standing on its side in the east and is easily picked out by its well-known asterism ... north you’ll find Ursa Major (the Big Dipper), Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper), Cepheus ...