The bright constellations of winter have departed in the west, while the stars of spring are climbing the eastern and ...

As spring advances, the night sky undergoes a quiet transformation. The familiar winter constellations fade toward the west, ...

There's a big diamond in the sky made by connecting the stars Arcturus, Spica, Denebola and Cor Caroli. Once found, you can ...

Believe it or not, the Big Dipper, as bright and well-known as it is, is not an official constellation. Back in the 1930s, astronomers from around the world got together and agreed on a standard ...

Then, locate the bright star Phecda in the bowl of the Big Dipper, along with the magnitude +3.33 star Coxa (also known as Chertan, or Theta Leonis) in the constellation Leo. Roughly half way ...

Believe it or not, the Big Dipper, as bright and well-known as it is, is not an official constellation. Back in the 1930s, astronomers from around the world agreed on a standard set of 88 ...