If you’re a night owl, this is the perfect time of year for you, as stargazing has now become a late-night delight! Catch an ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

tracing them away from the North Star until you hit the part of Leo shaped like a triangle. The constellation of Virgo the Maiden is best seen in May. You can use the Big Dipper to find this ...

The North Star, or Polaris, is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor, the little bear (also known as the Little Dipper). As viewed by observers in the Northern Hemisphere, Polaris ...