Although it is just now starting to feel like spring, last month was the official change of the seasons and now is a good ...

The winter sky has some brightly lit star patterns ... These shapes aren't constellations, but asterisms: groups of stars that form recognizable patterns but that don't have official locations ...

Winter’s night sky features some of our most iconic constellations, such as Orion, Gemini, Taurus and Ursa Major and Ursa Minor (the Great Bear and Little Bear). Being outside in the cold at ...

There may be 88 official constellations ... to anyone wanting to navigate and know the night sky. One such is the Winter Triangle — formed by Sirius, Betelgeuse and Procyon — that's still ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

This recurrent nova, located approximately 3,000 light-years away in the constellation ... For sky-watchers, the failure of the star to suddenly become visible to the naked eye during winter ...

What are constellations and ... constellation Orion - a winter constellation There's nothing better, when you're wrapped up warm in an evening watching the sky slowly turn inky blue, than spotting ...

On April evenings, look to the west to spot the bright winter constellations of Orion, Gemini, Taurus, Auriga, Canis Major and Canis Minor. They’ll be gone soon, so check them out while you can.

We'll soon bid adieu to Orion and friends, the sparkly winter constellations that have enlivened the night sky since last December. They still hold sway in the west and southwest during the first ...

With “the great constellations” that are Orion, Gemini and Taurus occupying most of the sky, the resultant beauty and mystery become “something one cannot but want to savor every winter thro ...