If you’re a night owl, this is the perfect time of year for you, as stargazing has now become a late-night delight! Catch an ...

Locate Boötes’s alpha star, the magnitude 0.15 Arcturus, on the kite’s tail 64 degrees above the south-southwestern horizon, and you’ve hit upon the constellation. Arcturus is the fourth ...

Arcturus is the brightest star in the constellation Bootes the Herdsman, although the constellation really looks more like a giant nocturnal kite with Arcturus marking the tail. Over in the east ...

Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher has captured a gorgeous view of the 'Sunflower Galaxy' (Messier 63) from his backyard observatory near the city of Guelph in southwestern Ontario, Canada.

Follow the arc of the handle to the south and you will find Arcturus in the constellation Bootes the Herdsman. South of Arcturus is where you will find Spica, the jewel of Virgo the Maiden.

Calle Bootis: Also known as Alpha Bootis or Arcturus. Orange in color, it’s one of the five-brightest stars in the sky and the brightest star in the Bootes constellation. Calle Bellatrix ...

One way to locate the patch of sky containing M63 is to find the bright stars Arcturus, in the constellation Bootes, and Dubhe, which forms the pouring tip of the pan in the 'Big Dipper' asterism.

The Barry Astronomical Society (BAS) has outlined what celestial wonders can be spotted in the July skies, despite short nights and hazy evenings ...