The magnitude 1.2 star Deneb passed close to the celestial north pole 18,000 years ago according to the University of ...

Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear, is the third-largest constellation in the sky and the largest constellation in the Northern Hemisphere. It includes the Big Dipper asterism and is one of ...

in a great circle around the north star, Polaris. The two dots over the second "o" indicate that both "o's" should be pronounced separately as "boh-OH-teez. It is one of 48 constellations ...

with the other stars of the constellation mapping out its long nose and legs. For most observers in the Northern Hemisphere, the Great Bear is close enough to the north celestial pole that it ...

If you’re a newcomer to amateur astronomy, eager to begin exploring the night sky, you’ll have to overcome one of astronomy’s biggest hurdles — learning to identify the constellations.

In the northern sky, many people use# the North Star to orient themselves, known as## Polaris. You can find it using the Big Dipper,# but fun fact, the Big Dipper not actually a## constellation.

Star charts are maps of the constellations ... shift north through July and ends August partially visible to the north. The constellation Lyra the Harp. It’s made of a triangle and a parallelogram.

A nova outburst visible to the naked eye is expected to decorate the night sky this year with a "new star" that will briefly become as bright as the North ... visible in the constellation Corona ...