Life is full of trade-offs, and stargazing is no different. Nights are certainly warmer, but you have to stay up much later ...

In episode three she takes us to the Winter Triangle ... and include both parts of recognized constellations such as the Big Dipper and Ursa major, as well as entirely new formations made up ...

The constellations overhead in May are dominated by Leo the Lion and Ursa Major the Great Bear. Leo is easy to pick out by spotting a large backward question mark known as the Sickle. The bright star ...

Go outside and face west at 8 p.m. Right in front of you, very close to the horizon is Orion the Hunter, the sky’s most ...

By Deane Morrison In May Jupiter sinks into the sunset, ending a months-long guest starring role with the bright winter constellations. Those, too, are disappearing into the sun’s afterglow. But Mars ...

As May commences, Jupiter, resembling a luminous golden star within the constellation Taurus, shines high above the western ...

The new moon occurs April 27, and a day later Venus and Saturn will make a close approach to each other (known as a conjunction) in the predawn sky.

The Winnebago County Conservation Board has scheduled a spring stargazing program for Sunday evening, May 25. The program ...

But I find all the usual suspects a budding astronomer can recognize — the constellations of Orion, the Seven Sisters, the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia. In the clear freezing skies of winter ...