Take for example, the Orion constellation.On March 15, two hours after sunset, we find the mighty hunter still in good view, about halfway up in the sky and leaning toward the west-southwest horizon.

Importantly, for sky watchers, the astronomical beginning of spring occurs with the vernal equinox, which falls on March 19 at 11:06 p.m. Eastern time. Sign up Advertisement ...

With spring underway, the evening sky is in transition, as new stars and constellations come into view. At this time of year, no fewer than 10 first-magnitude stars are in the evening sky at once.

Venus and Jupiter stole the celestial spotlight last week when they aligned with the crescent moon on three consecutive nights. The planetary duo will once again be the highlight of the night sky ...

With no Moon lighting the sky this evening, let’s take a look at what many consider the spring season’s best globular cluster: M3. You’ll find this dense ball of stars in far southeastern ...

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Ah, spring. Finally, it's warm enough for even thin-blooded observers (like me) to break out their binoculars and telescopes. If you're new to astronomy, however, you'll want to become familiar ...

SKY GUIDE: This map represents the night sky as it appears over Maine during April. The stars are shown as they appear at 10:30 p.m. early in the month, at 9:30 p.m. at mid-month, and at 8:30 p.m ...

I'm sure that most of us have noticed the "flickering" effect (as Ariana put it) of stars in our night sky. And we've all heard of the 19th century poem penned in 1806 by the British poet, Jane ...

Look up: A guide to the Irish night sky in spring Updated / Tuesday, 4 Feb 2025 16:29 Milky Way and Perseid Meteors over Croagh Patrick mountain, County Mayo, in 2016.

A close conjunction of Venus and Jupiter – with all the planets visible and bunched in the morning sky except Mercury – highlight April.