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Category: Favorite Star Patterns
Summer Triangle: Star pattern of the season
On June and July evenings, you’ll find the Summer Triangle in the east at nightfall. It swings high overhead after midnight and sits in the west at daybreak.
Deborah Byrd
June 23, 2024
Spring Triangle in the east at night, heralding the season
As the Northern Hemisphere enters spring, look for the Spring Triangle rising in the east, made up of bright beacons from three prominent constellations.
Scott Levine
April 23, 2024
The Hyades star cluster: The Face of Taurus the Bull
You can easily see the V-shaped Hyades star cluster, Face of Taurus the Bull, and the bright reddish star Aldebaran, the fiery Eye of the Bull.
Bruce McClure
January 25, 2024
Meet the Winter Circle, aka the Winter Hexagon
The brightest stars in the Northern Hemisphere's winter sky form the shape of the Winter Circle, or Hexagon, that will help you locate 6 constellations.
Bruce McClure
Kelly Kizer Whitt
January 24, 2024
The Pleiades – or 7 Sisters – known around the world
The Pleiades star cluster - aka the Seven Sisters or M45 - is visible from almost every part of the globe. It looks like a tiny misty dipper of stars.
Bruce McClure
November 26, 2023
Great Square of Pegasus gallops into the autumn sky
The Great Square of Pegasus consists of 4 stars of nearly equal brightness in a large square pattern. It's a great jumping-off point for star-hopping.
Deborah Byrd
September 27, 2023
Teapot of Sagittarius points to Milky Way center
As you gaze toward the famous Teapot asterism in the constellation Sagittarius, you're looking toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
Bruce McClure
Deborah Byrd
Marcy Curran
August 11, 2023
The Scorpion’s Crown and its stellar neighborhood
Bright red Antares, and the 3 stars of the Scorpion's Crown, belong to a young group of stars called the Scorpius-Centaurus Association.
Shireen Gonzaga
July 27, 2023
The Northern Cross: Find the backbone of the Milky Way
The Northern Cross is an asterism - or recognizable pattern of stars - within the constellation Cygnus the Swan. Learn how to find it in your sky here.
Bruce McClure
July 18, 2023
Coathanger cluster: It does look like its name
The Coathanger cluster resembles its namesake and is easy to spot through binoculars. Use the star Albireo - part of the Summer Triangle - to find it.
Bruce McClure
Deborah Byrd
July 9, 2023
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