The brightest planets in the night sky will shine as the 'planet parade' continues throughout February, plus be on the ...

February stargazing is fantastic for many reasons, but this year there’s a one-two-three punch of bright planets adding to ...

To locate Corona Borealis, start with the Plough (Big Dipper) and follow the curve of its handle down to Arcturus, the brightest star in the neighbouring constellation Bootes. To the left of Arcturus, ...

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious constellation this month is Orion. To find Orion, face south and look for Orion’s ...

Orion the Hunter and Taurus the Bull face off in the southern sky in early February as soon as it gets dark. Taurus is home to two of the brightest star clusters, the Pleiades and Hyades. Both are ...

People in the northern hemisphere will be able to see Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars during the planetary parade. The next full moon will happen on Feb. 12. Known as the ...

Astronomers measure star brightness using the magnitude scale. All the really bright stars we see are magnitude 1 or brighter ...

Palmer Woods, a 1,155 acres of forest within the Leelanau Conservancy, includes 10 miles of hiking and cross-country skiing trails. This winter, the conservancy is grooming two of its beginner ...

The NOVA talk will go over how to use a Planisphere and navigate with the Big Dipper. "One of the most familiar constellation patterns among the stars is the Big Dipper or Ursa Major," continues ...

Orion constellation (Mike Lynch ... Taurus is a small cluster of stars that resembles a mini version of the Big Dipper. That’s the Pleiades star cluster, a group of young stars that were ...

Its radiant is the Norma constellation, which is in the Southern ... The radiant for Draconids is Draco, which is between the Big Dipper and Little Dipper, making it relatively easy to find ...