February stargazing is fantastic for many reasons, but this year there’s a one-two-three punch of bright planets adding to ...

In the case of the Big Dipper, it's part of the constellation Ursa Major the Great ... it's one of the "pointer stars" that skygazers use to locate Polaris, the North Star. Shining at magnitude ...

The brightest planets in the night sky will shine as the 'planet parade' continues throughout February, plus be on the lookout for the Moon to join the line-up, and for Saturn to 'tag' Mercury in ...

Ursa Minor is a much smaller, dimmer constellation than the much more well-known Ursa Major—the Great ... directly above the North Pole, which is known as the North Star. The Ursids can ...

The part of the world where we live lies exactly halfway between Earth’s equator and the North Pole. Mid-latitude locations like Minnesota’s feature distinct seasons in which the ...

Ursa Major is visible all year round from the UK ... This star is called Polaris and is also known as the North Star. It lies above the North Pole of the Earth and will show you which way north ...

Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear, is a constellation in the northern sky, whose associated mythology likely dates back into prehistory. Its Latin name means "greater (or larger ...

Only Ursa Major, with six Orion and Scorpius ... and 25 times as bright as Polaris, the North Star. You’ll find only one Messier object in Canis Major — open cluster M41, which I covered ...