Sunrise: 7:16 A.M. Sunset: 5:09 P.M. Moonrise: 2:11 A.M. Moonset: 11:47 A.M. The stick-figure-dog-shaped constellation Canis Major the Big Dog is easy to spot, standing on the tip of its tail in ...

Al Jabbar is one of the Arabic names for Orion, the “Hunter", one of winter's most conspicuous constellations.

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious constellation this month is Orion. To find Orion, face south and look for Orion’s ...

February stargazing over Pottsville is fantastic for many reasons, but this year there is a one-two-three punch of bright planets adding to the thrill. If you live with the winter cold, do not let ...

September opens with Venus hosting winter constellations in the eastern predawn sky. West of the planet, the bright star Procyon, in Canis Minor, the little dog, rises at almost the same time as ...

Illustration: Ankita Badade Shyama (meaning ‘dark’) and Sabala (meaning ‘spotted’) can be described as dusk and dawn. Only one of them can see at a time, so they each have two pairs of eyes. In some ...

Sirius, the Dog Star, is difficult to ignore. Ostentatiously scintillating on the southern horizon right now, the “Searing ...

It’s called the Dog Star because it’s the head of Canis Major the Big Dog. Sirius is a middling bright star, but it ranks number 1 in our skies because, as stars go, it’s not very far away ...

The brightest planets in the night sky will shine as the 'planet parade' continues throughout February, plus be on the ...

Watch a bright Moon dominate the sky, trace the Winter Hexagon, and continue enjoying the evening parade of planets in the ...

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days later a young moon will pass near Saturn and near Venus as they cluster ...