Here’s how to find the constellation Cancer in your sky. Plus Cancer’s place in sky history, lore and science. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/cancer-heres-your-constellation…
Tag: Brightest Stars
Mizar and Alcor, famous double star
Want to look closer at the Big Dipper? Mizar and its fainter companion star Alcor are easy to spot in the Big Dipper’s handle. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/mizar-and-alcor-the-horse-and-rider…
See moon, Spica before bedtime March 11
From around the world tonight, use the waning gibbous moon to locate Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo the Maiden. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/see-moon-spica-before-bedtime-march-11…
Moon and Regulus on March 7 and 8
Seen from around the world on the nights of March 7 and 8, the moon is moving through the constellation Leo the Lion, past the bright star Regulus, the Lion’s Heart. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-moving-toward-star-regulus…
Gemini twins are triplets on March 5
Let tonight’s moon show you the Gemini twins, Castor and Pollux, as well as Procyon, aka the Little Dog Star. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-south-of-gemini-stars…
Moon and Winter Circle March 3 and 4
The ecliptic – sun and moon’s path, marked in green on our chart – cuts through the Winter Circle. So, every month the Circle is visible, the moon sweeps through these stars. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-points-the-way-to-the-winter-circle…
For those at southerly latitudes, Canopus!
If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s time to look for Canopus. Far-northern skywatchers sometimes travel southward in winter, for a glimpse of Canopus above the southern horizon. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/for-those-at-southerly-latitudes-canopus…
Pollux: The brighter twin star
Pollux, the brightest star in the constellation Gemini, blazes in a golden light next to its bluish-white heavenly twin, Castor, in the evening skies of the Northern Hemisphere’s spring. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/pollux-not-castor-is-geminis-brightest-star…
Castor is six stars in one
The bright bluish-white star, Castor, in the constellation Gemini, appears to our eyes as a single star. But it’s actually a family of 6 stars. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/best-castor-brightest-second-magnitude-star…
Come to know orange Arcturus in Boötes
Orange Arcturus is more evolved than our sun and has swollen up to a larger size. It’s less than 37 light-years away and appears as the brightest star north of the celestial equator. The Big Dipper can help you find it. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/bright-orange-arcturus-use-the-big-dipper-to-find-it…