The mythological stories that surround the various star groups seldom involve more than one or two constellations at a time. In this month’s early evening Colorado sky, however, an interested observer ...

The Greek mythological story of Perseus and Andromeda is represented here as a quest for a maiden, read from right to left in three sections. At the upper right, Andromeda has been chained to a rock ...

Stargazers are in luck this Wednesday, November 26, as two major cosmic sights will be visible to the unaided eye. The ...

Constellation Perseus culminates high upon the north-south meridian around 10 p.m. Dec. 25, with its brightest star Alpha ...

One of the classic constellations of autumn is Pegasus, the flying horse soaring above the southeastern horizon in the evening sky. It’s by far the largest celestial horse we see in our night sky. The ...

This Halloween, forget about ghosts, devils, demons and ghouls: The real scare is high in the night sky on Oct. 31. We’re talking about Algol, the second-brightest star in the constellation Perseus, ...

Andromeda is one of the 88 modern constellations that was likely known and named long before it appeared on Ptolemy’s list in the second century CE. But my experience is that more people associate the ...

One of the classic constellations of autumn is Pegasus, the flying horse soaring above the southeastern horizon in the evening sky. It’s by far the largest celestial horse we see in our Pottsville sky ...