Star patterns such as the hunter Orion and the winged horse Pegasus are commonly called constellations. But the term constellation in modern astronomy actually refers to a particular region of the ...

Greetings, stargazers. Spring is galaxy season for many amateur astronomers. However, when looking through an eyepiece instead of a camera for astrophotography, you might think of this as the season ...

Venus remains rather low at dawn but slowly gains altitude as the month rolls along. Look for it in the east 45-60 minutes ...

Within mythology, this is the scorpion that killed the hero Orion. The scorpion still "chases" the constellation Orion across the night sky. Scorpios' intoxicating looks and brooding personality ...

In winter, the Milky Way stretches across the southern sky revealing an ancient indigenous constellation called the Emu in the Sky and Scorpius the scorpion. The summer sky is dominated by Orion ...