Who made the present-day official outlines of the 88 constellations and why do they contain so many zigzags?Caitlin ...
This week’s naked-eye object is the constellation Crater the Cup. Five constellations border Crater: Corvus the Crow, Hydra the Water Snake, Leo the Lion, Sextans the Sextant, and Virgo the Maiden.
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The evening skies in March offer you a very obvious contrast between seasonal constellations. The many brilliant stars that make up winter constellations are in the western half of the sky, while the ...
January is the best time to observe these constellations—some prominent and some not so much.
Claudius Ptolemy's Almagest, dating to the second century A.D., cataloged 48 constellations, though the precise methodology for their delineation remains unknown due to the lack of surviving original ...
A stargazer from the northern hemisphere is overwhelmed by the strange splendor of the southern skies. Southern constellations don’t contain the fascinating myths and stories of their northern ...
n June 2019, the International Astronomical Union expressed concern about the negative impact that the planned mega-constellations of communication satellites may have on astronomical observations and ...