The new year begins with lengthening days, Earth’s closest approach to the sun, a quirky meteor shower and the spectacular constellations of the winter sky. The moon begins the year brightening the ...

Connect six of the winter's brightest stars the next clear night, and you'll make a friend for life. The stars are Sirius, Procyon (PRO-see-on), Pollux, Capella, Aldebaran and Rigel, and together they ...

To locate the Winter Circle, find the constellation Orion and look for the bright bluish star (Rigel) to the lower right.

The sun is a pretty ordinary star. It is blinding to us only because it is so close: a mere 100 million miles away. If it were as far away as most of the stars we can see in the sky, we would barely ...

If you’ve been a faithful reader of my Skywatch column, thank you! You also know how much I love the winter constellations strewn out over the southeastern evening sky. I know I’m certainly not the ...

The present lot contains the complete set of three works by Fred Eversely completed in 2019 and published by Cirrus Editions. These works were inspired by the artist's interest and experimentation ...

Lean back and face south on a February evening and it's all spangle and sparkle above. I'm not just talking about Orion and his justly famous belt, but a whole host of bright stars that includes ...

Well, anyway, some of those bright objects are stars. Others are planets. Here’s the scoop. By the way, what is the brightest star in the sky? OK, it’s a trick question. The Sun is the brightest star ...

Prominent constellations in the February evening sky are Canis Major, Canis Minor, Orion, Gemini, Taurus and Auriga. The winter constellations are so bright because there are simply more bright stars ...

If you have been a faithful reader of my Starwatch column, thank you. As a faithful reader, you know how much I love the winter constellations strewn out over the southeastern Pottsville evening sky.