In the early part of the month, look to the west at nightfall for the constellation that topped the wintry array of bright ...

In April the iconic stars of Orion and other famous winter constellations ... mark is Regulus, Leo’s brightest star. East of the Sickle, a triangle of stars mark the lion’s hindquarters ...

April’s nights see some of the sky’s largest constellations, and from their vastness spring a laundry list of celestial and mythological marvels.

Unlike most of the constellations in the zodiac, Leo with its Sickle, really can be pictured as its namesake: A lion in a reclining position, not unlike the Egyptian Sphinx. The Babylonians and ...