The Summer Triangle is a formation of stellar bodies called an asterism, made up of the bright stars Vega, Deneb and Altair.

“Sometime around mid- to late September, if you get up before the sun rises and look to the east part of the sky, you’ll see Sirius, the brightest star in the sky. It’s extremely bright and it will be ...

In the evening sky, the large Summer Triangle of bright stars is well up in the east to southeast at nightfall. Its brightest star is Vega, in the constellation Lyra, the lyre. A parallelogram of ...

Stargazers have a chance to get a good look at the Milky Way and summer constellations in the night skies this August. Some ...

The Winnebago County Conservation Board’s Summer Stargazing program will be begin at 9 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Hanson Nature ...

The full moon occurs on the 9th in the constellation of Aquarius — the Perseid meteor showers peak from August 11-13. Venus ...

If you don’t like being outdoors at night during the winter, this month you get an early warning that colder nights are just round the corner.

The other Summer Triangle stars are Vega and Altair, the brightest stars in their respective constellations, Lyra (the Harp) and Aquila (the Eagle).