Possibly one of the best-known constellations in the northern sky, Ursa Major—or the Great Bear—contains an asterism of seven ...

All three stars in the Summer Triangle asterism are visible. Deneb is the brightest star in Cygnus the Swan (Northern Cross); Vega in Lyra the Lyre and Altair in Aquila the Eagle. To get a last ...

In July the moon runs through an entire lunar cycle, from the new moon on the 2nd to the new moon on the 31st. At the midpoint of every cycle we get a full moon, and July’s falls on the ...

The July sun keeps starwatching hours short, but the planets and summer stars keep things hopping. Mars, the fastest of the outer planets, staves off its inevitable tumble into the sun’s ...