Use Southern Cross to find due south
The entire southern sky turns around the South Celestial Pole, captured here behind the antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in Chile. Draw a line directly down to the horizon...
View ArticleFind the Crown of the Scorpion
The three stars of the Scorpion’s Crown: Graffias (Acrab), Dschubba, and Pi Scorpii. Photo via Dennis Chabot. The constellation Scorpius the Scorpion is one of the few constellations that looks like...
View ArticleFind the Teapot, and look toward the galaxy’s center
View larger. | Ruslan Merzlyakov of RMS Photography calls this image The Star Catcher. He wrote: “One of my biggest night-sky photographs, consisting of 50 images and making a total resolution of 258...
View ArticleSee the Winter Circle, or Hexagon
Jupiter was in the midst the Winter Circle in 2014. Every month the Circle is visible, the moon sweeps through it. Photo by EarthSky Facebook friend Duke Marsh in Indiana. The Winter Circle – or Winter...
View ArticleLook for the Spring Triangle
The Spring Triangle is an asterism with the bright stars Arcturus, Spica and Regulus at its corners. All 3 stars are in different constellations. Image via Scott Levine. Help EarthSky keep going!...
View ArticleFind the Summer Triangle
The Summer Triangle is made of 3 bright stars – Vega, Deneb and Altair – in 3 different constellations. Image via our friend Susan Gies Jensen in Odessa, Washington. June is here. In the Northern...
View ArticleCoathanger: Looks like its name
Image via Wikipedia. The Coathanger or Brocchi’s cluster is a tiny asterism – pattern of stars that is not a constellation. This star formation looks exactly like its namesake, and is amazingly easy to...
View ArticleAntares is the Heart of the Scorpion
The bright red star Antares, middle, near the prominent star cluster M4, upper right. Photo via Fred Espenak at AstroPixels. Used with permission. Bright reddish Antares – also known as Alpha Scorpii –...
View ArticleFind the Crown of the Scorpion
The 3 stars of the Scorpion’s Crown: Graffias (Acrab), Dschubba, and Pi Scorpii. Photo via Dennis Chabot. The constellation Scorpius the Scorpion is one of the few constellations that looks like its...
View ArticlePleiades star cluster, aka Seven Sisters
Fred Espenak – aka Mr. Eclipse – posted this image at EarthSky Facebook this weekend (November 18, 2018). He wrote: “M45, the Pleiades star cluster. It’s visible on November nights in the eastern sky...
View ArticleSee the Winter Circle, or Hexagon
Jupiter was in the midst the Winter Circle in 2014. Every month the Circle is visible, the moon sweeps through it. Photo by EarthSky Facebook friend Duke Marsh in Indiana. The Winter Circle – or Winter...
View ArticleHyades star cluster: Face of Taurus
The Hyades. Copyright Jerry Lodriguss/AstroPix.com. Used with permission. With the exception of the Ursa Major Moving Cluster, the Hyades cluster is the closest star cluster to Earth, at a distance of...
View ArticleNortherners’ guide to Southern Cross
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Dr Ski in Valencia, Philippines, captured the Southern Pointer Stars – Alpha Centauri (far left) and Beta Centauri – aimed at Crux, aka the Southern Cross. Thanks,...
View ArticleFind the Summer Triangle
The Summer Triangle is made of 3 bright stars – Vega, Deneb and Altair – in 3 different constellations. Image via our friend Susan Gies Jensen in Odessa, Washington. June is here. In the Northern...
View ArticleCoathanger: Looks like its name
Image via Wikipedia. The Coathanger or Brocchi’s cluster is a tiny asterism – a pattern of stars that is not a constellation. This star formation looks exactly like its namesake, and is amazingly easy...
View ArticleAntares is the Heart of the Scorpion
The bright red star Antares, middle, near the prominent star cluster M4, upper right. Photo via Fred Espenak at AstroPixels. Used with permission. Bright reddish Antares – also known as Alpha Scorpii –...
View ArticleFind the Crown of the Scorpion
The 3 stars of the Scorpion’s Crown: Graffias (Acrab), Dschubba, and Pi Scorpii. Photo via our friend Dennis Chabot. The constellation Scorpius the Scorpion is one of the few constellations that looks...
View ArticleFind the Teapot, and look toward the galaxy’s center
View larger. | Ruslan Merzlyakov of RMS Photography calls this image The Star Catcher. He wrote: “One of my biggest night-sky photographs, consisting of 50 images and making a total resolution of 258...
View ArticleHow to see the Great Square of Pegasus
The Great Square of Pegasus consists of 4 stars of nearly equal brightness: Scheat, Alpheratz, Markab and Algenib. Illustration via AstroBob. The Great Square of Pegasus gallops into the fall sky just...
View ArticlePleiades star cluster, aka Seven Sisters
Steve Paukin captured this image in his back yard in Winslow, Arizona on November 3, 2019. The Pleiades star cluster – also known as the Seven Sisters or M45 – is visible from virtually every part of...
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