An hour after sunset, the bright red star Antares, located in Scorprius, is visible above the southern horizon. This magnitude 1 star is located in a rich region of the sky rife with star clusters, ...

An asterism is an unofficial pattern of stars that isn’t one of the 88 officially recognized constellations that cover the sky. The Summer Triangle is a well-known asterism in the Northern Hemisphere ...

Summer nights will bring everything from planets, full moons, and star-studded constellations to "shooting stars," the Milky Way, and more. Summer is the season for stargazing. Sure, nights can be ...

The nights surrounding Aug. 29 are a great time to spot the stars of the famous 'Summer Triangle' asterism, bisected by the glowing band of the Milky Way, with an early-setting crescent moon providing ...

Now rising in the east after sunset is the famous Summer Triangle, so called because it sits high overhead on summer nights. As we head for the Northern Hemisphere summer solstice later this month, ...

I was looking forward to writing a tribute to clear summer skies and great summer stargazing in the Pacific Northwest. Then clouds and rain moved in, making it a little hard to appreciate the longest ...