Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius created the constellation Canes Venatici in 1687 from several loose stars near the end of the Big Dipper's handle. The dogs strain at the leash, eager to chase ...

Canis Major stars Adhara and Mirzam are visible tonight, while forecasts indicate limited aurora activity at high latitudes under mainly quiet geomagnetic conditions.

Two nights ago, Venus sported a small, weakly-colored corona. Coronas form when light is diffracted or scattered by tiny ice droplets ( or occasionally ice crystals) in high clouds. Notice that the ...

There are three dog constellations in the night sky, but the best known are Canis Major and Canis Minor, the constellation Orion the Hunter’s faithful hunting dogs. Canis Major and Canis Minor are ...

Prominent constellations in the February evening sky are Canis Major, Canis Minor, Orion, Gemini, Taurus and Auriga. The winter constellations are so bright because there are simply more bright stars ...

Every night as you lie down to sleep there lies a sky just beyond your roof, full of millions of luminous spheres of plasma, or rather stars. “Sirius” — a star that lies in the Canis Major ...

Sunset is at 6:10 tonight, and twilight ends at 7:33, giving us a long stretch of dark sky until the moon rises at 3:49 Friday morning. The best and brightest winter early evening constellations will ...

Happy springtime! Winter, or at least the astronomical winter of 2022-23, is history. The vernal equinox took place last Monday. From now until late June, the sun will make longer and higher arcs from ...