Professional astronomers can explain to you why stars can’t look green. Yet many stargazers swear that Zubeneschamali proves otherwise.

Zubenelgenubi - otherwise known as Alpha Librae - is a double star, and despite its 'alpha' designation, is actually the second-brightest star in the constellation Libra the Scales.

Red Antares, Heart of the Scorpion in the constellation Scorpius, is a mighty star, a red supergiant.

Alphecca. Gemma. Alpha Coronae Borealis or simply Alpha Cor Bor. They're all names for a single star, the brightest star in Northern Crown.

Arcturus is the 4th brightest star in the sky and the brightest star north of the celestial equator. One of the easiest stars to locate due to its position off the handle of the Big Dipper, you can look for it on spring evenings in the Northern Hemisphere.

Beta Centauri isn’t as famous as Alpha Centauri, but together, these brilliant Southern Hemisphere stars have inspired legends and guided mariners.

Our closest stellar neighbors are the 3 stars that make up the Alpha Centauri system. They lie just over 4 light-years - about 25 trillion miles or 38 trillion km - away.

You have to go far south on Earth's globe to see the Southern Cross constellation. Bluish Acrux, aka Alpha Crucis, is its brightest star.

Here's how to spot Canopus, the 2nd-brightest star in the sky as seen from Earth, on February evenings.

Find out how to spot Sirius - in the constellation Canis Major the Greater Dog - the brightest star as seen from Earth. Learn the mythology behind this dazzling light and how it earned the nickname of the Dog Star.