Cygnus the swan flies tonight. Deneb, the brightest star in the constellation, whose name means “tail” in Arabic, is two ...

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

We can easily see this “precession” effect with a spinning top. As the top rotates on its axis, it eventually slows down and begins to wobble. The axis about which the top spins no longer points in a ...

Regular readers of my column certainly know how to use the Big Dipper to find the North Star (aka Polaris). Some folks believe Polaris is important ...

They are Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Cassiopeia, Cepheus and Drago ... On May 31, it pairs with the bright star, Regulus. Now to the morning sky. Venus and Saturn continue to climb higher in the ...

But it can be a much different story when we speak of the bright stars, especially in the case of the brightest one of all, Sirius. Its very name appears to be derived directly from the Greek word ...

The two brightest nighttime stars available in the Minnesota and Wisconsin sky are Sirius and Arcturus. April is the only month of the year we can enjoy both of them at the same time in the early ...

Well, with a Cepheus variable star ... changes from bright to dim and back fairly regularly. The bright star on the front of this lithograph is an example of a Cepheid variable.

When you ask Alabamians what their favorite restaurant in the state is, The Bright Star in Bessemer is likely to come up early and often. After all, its eclectic menu full of Greek-style steaks ...

Directly due south you’ll find Sirius, the brightest star in the sky. If you are away from city lights you’ll see the winter Milky Way stretching from the SSW horizon to the NNE horizon.

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