The moon begins the year brightening the morning sky, with the last quarter falling on Jan. 3 and the new moon on Jan. 11. Luna will then entertain evening skywatchers as it waxes to its full ...

Sirius is special, not so much that it is at the top of the list of the 21 brightest stars in the sky, but it also out-dazzles its nearest competitor, Canopus, the second brightest star by 0.8 of ...

The constellation of Orion is home to some of the brightest and most iconic stars in the night sky. Among these stellar ...

The stars and planets in order of brightness in the February evening skies, are: Jupiter, Sirius, Capella, Rigel, Procyon, Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, Pollux, Deneb and Regulus.

Rigel is the second-brightest star in the winter football, and by far the most powerful star. It’s almost as bright as Sirius from our view but it’s a lot farther away, around 800 light-years ...

Sirius is the brightest star in Canis Major (The Greater Dog) and serves as a jumping off point to find three easy star clusters - M41, M46 and M47. Credit: Bob King March 06, 2019 at 4:04 PM Share ...

One of the coincidences of late winter/early spring evenings is the two brightest stars in the sky, Sirius and Canopus, are close together in the sky. Tonight, March 23, look toward the south at 8 ...

Accompanying Sirius are seven other brilliant stars around the sky that, together, make up a third of the 25 brightest we can see. Let’s take a look at them all in turn.

Directly due south you’ll find Sirius, the brightest star in the sky. If you are away from city lights, you’ll see the winter Milky Way stretching from the SSW horizon to the NNE horizon.