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Arcturus (at a magnitude of -0.05), one of the few stars mentioned by name in the Bible, is a giant, about 25 times the ...
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere you only need to look overhead and toward the north where you will find the seven bright stars that comprise the famous Big Dipper. For most sky gazers ...
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere you only need to look high toward the northwest sky to find the seven bright stars that make up the famous Big Dipper. For most stargazers, the Big Dipper is ...
And front and center right now appears one of the most familiar and easy-to-find star groupings: the Big Dipper. We in North America call it the Big Dipper, but those in Great Britain know it as ...
Anyone who enjoys gazing at the night sky probably has a few favorite star patterns they like to look for: The Big Dipper, for example, or Orion’s belt. But those familiar shapes that many of us ...
Most of us can spot the group of stars known as the Plough or the Big Dipper. But there’s more to explore here, says Abigail ...
This week on Star Watch, you will slowly be able to see the moon get a little fuller each night as well as a chance to see the constellation the Big Dipper. As we head through the overnight ...
When looking up at the night sky, it's easy to recognize the Big Dipper, but some people may not know the Dene legend that sees those same stars in a different way. The idea of marrying these two ...
Probably the most famous is positioned almost directly over our heads this week as darkness falls: the Big Dipper. Interestingly, the ancient Greeks associated the seven stars of the Big Dipper ...