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Use Big Dipper to locate Hunting Dogs
Find out how to use the Big Dipper to find the constellation Canes Venatici, also known as the Hunting Dogs, which contains the stars Chara and Asterion.
March 3, 2022
Camelopardalis the Giraffe swings around Polaris
Camelopardalis the Giraffe is a sprawling constellation made of dim stars that lies close the the north celestial pole. Northerners can see it all year long.
February 15, 2022
Caelum and Columba in January and February
The constellations of Caelum the Chisel and Columba the Dove cross high overhead for observers in the Southern Hemisphere on January and February evenings.
January 29, 2022
Horologium the Pendulum Clock, best in December
Horologium the Pendulum Clock is a constellation that lies in southern skies. Observers can best spot this constellation around the month of December.
December 3, 2021
Grus the Crane, home to ‘the bright one’
Grus the Crane is a constellation best seen from the Southern Hemisphere that has one notably bright star whose name actually means, "the bright one."
October 23, 2021
Lacerta the Lizard, home to a blazar
Lacerta the Lizard is a small, dim constellation in the fall sky that contains a blazar, or an active galactic nucleus with a jet pointed toward Earth.
October 3, 2021
