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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

A nova outburst visible to the naked eye is expected to decorate the night sky this year with a "new star" that will briefly become as bright as the North ... visible in the constellation Corona ...