Jumping back in time, Thuban was positioned as a North Star some 4,700 years ago, as early civilizations thrived in ...

Arcturus (at a magnitude of -0.05), one of the few stars mentioned by name in the Bible, is a giant, about 25 times the ...

A few of the night sky’s more well-known asterisms, and the constellations they inhabit, include the following: The Big Dipper: An easy-to-find ladle-shaped asterism within Ursa Major.

Many people grow up believing the Big Dipper is a constellation, but it’s not. It’s an asterism — a small, eye-catching, connect-the-dots pattern made of stars lying either within a single ...

Most of us can spot the group of stars known as the Plough or the Big Dipper. But there’s more to explore here, says Abigail Beall ...

This week is the best time in May to view the night sky. Here's everything you can see during May's dark skies, from an ...

Do you know what an asterism is? It is a distinctive pattern of stars that is not a constellation. The Big Dipper is an asterism and, of course, makes up the tail and the flank of the Great Bear.

The Big Dipper is one of the most famous star groupings ... because it’s not a constellation. It’s an “asterism,” a group of stars that seems to look like something familiar.

With the constellation Ursa Major high in the sky, late April presents an ideal opportunity to spot the 'Three Leaps of the Gazelle' asterism - a set of three stellar pairings hanging below the ...

The three layers of the sky: easy asterisms, complete constellations and the mythological figures they represent.Two asterism are shown, the Big Dipper and the Lozenge, which forms the head of ...

Ursa Major is famous because it plays host to the asterism (shape) called the “Big Dipper” or the “Plough.” Most people can find them. However, despite those seven stars—that together ...