Jumping back in time, Thuban was positioned as a North Star some 4,700 years ago, as early civilizations thrived in ...

This week is the best time in May to view the night sky. Here's everything you can see during May's dark skies, from an ...

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

Most of us can spot the group of stars known as the Plough or the Big Dipper. But there’s more to explore here, says Abigail Beall ...

You would think the most famous star pattern known would rate the title of constellation, but instead, it’s what astronomers call an asterism. (Mike Lynch) The Big Dipper, my favorite asterism ...

As explained by NASA, the best way to find Messier 3 is to return to the Big Dipper asterism, and draw an imaginary line connecting the star at the very end of the handle, Alkaid, and Arcturus.

In fact, from Orion, we can locate another navigational aid the asterism known as the Winter ... of recognized constellations such as the Big Dipper and Ursa major, as well as entirely new ...

I) Leo is a springtime constellation in the Northern Hemisphere. It lies south of the Big Dipper, the most recognized asterism in the constellation Ursa Major the Great Bear. II) Of the 88 official ...

The stars of the 'Big Dipper' asterism in the constellation Ursa Major. | Credit: Luigi Chiesa/Wikimedia Commons/C-BY-SA Continue this line outwards for the same distance that it took to cross the ...

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 ...