Identify the Big Dipper—seven bright stars—Alkaid (at the tip ... Hence beautiful star-trail photos—like this one, below—if you just point your camera to the north, keep taking identical ...

February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

One of the most beautiful sights in the night sky, the Pleiades (pronounced “plee-er-deez”), an open cluster of seven bright stars (hence ... This set of images show the phases and relative ...

Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...