Its center lies at right ascension 17h18m and declination –56°30′. Ranking 63rd in size out of the 88 constellations, Ara covers 237.06 square degrees (0.575 percent) of the sky. And while ...

This week on Looking Up guest host Chloe Brooks-Kistler helps us all learn something about constellations ... Currently we have 88 constellations, north and south. Some look like their namesake ...

This photo features the bright, pentagonal constellation Auriga the Charioteer, which is visible in the northeastern sky at nightfall in early January. It's one of 88 constellations in the ...

Learn about star constellations using the ... Scientists map the night sky with 88 constellations which are areas of the sky in which we draw dot-to-dot pictures with the stars.

Today, astronomers officially recognize 88 constellations, dividing up the entire night sky. Learning a few of the big ones first makes it way easier to find other stars and deep-space objects.

The Winter Hexagon isn’t one of the officially designated 88 constellations ... faint galaxy or star cluster for examples, we try and memorize a pattern of faint stars on a detailed star ...

The shapes we draw may vary, but the borders of the constellations are fixed. In 1930, astronomers divided the sky into 88 constellations, giving each a Latin name. Before this time, there was no ...

There are 88 total constellations, as determined in 1930 ... Exploring space and the cosmos can also help us learn about what’s happening on Earth. Space-based technologies have helped us ...

NASA has revealed the names of 88 new constellations - and it’s good news if you’re a Doctor Who fan. The space agency has named many of the new constellations after famous characters and ...

Just like there are 50 U.S. states, each with well-defined boundaries, 88 bounded constellations dot the celestial sphere. Of these about 55 of them are visible from mid-northern latitudes and 59 ...