Most night sky observers are familiar with the “Pointer” stars of the Big Dipper that form the lead edge of the Dipper’s Bowl and “point” to Polaris, the North Star. Most of these same observers do ...

Without a doubt, the constellations of spring are not nearly as flashy as the star patterns of winter, but there are a few decent ones. Leo the Lion is one of them. There’s no question as to what he ...

I have to admit that the constellations of spring, by and large, are no match for the wonderful constellations of winter, like Orion and the rest of his gang. The winter shiners show up after evening ...

It's hard to beat Orion and the winter gang of constellations. Bright and grouped together in the same part of the sky makes them easy to find and accessible. Spot Orion's Belt, and you can "unlock" ...

I sure hope you had a chance to see at least some of the solar eclipse last Monday. Where it was visible and clouds didn’t get in the way, it was quite the show! Unfortunately, the next total solar ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to head out late in the evening of December 9 and ...

The familiar winter stars and constellations are setting in the west before midnight this month. Orion and its brilliant belt of stars dominates the southern sky in the early evening before making way ...

The mighty constellation Orion the Hunter has dominated the southern sky all winter and through the first few weeks of spring, but the seasonal celestial times are changing. The king of the celestial ...

For each season of the year, there is a "keynote" star pattern. During the winter, the stand-out constellation is Orion, the Hunter. During the fall, it might be the Great Square of Pegasus; while in ...

The stunning NGC 2903 galaxy, located in the constellation of Leo (The Lion). The image was captured by Hubble as part of a survey of 145 nearby disk galaxies. ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. Ho et al. The ...