Shining just a trifle less than Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, Mars comes to opposition on Jan. 16 and a few days prior to that, on Jan. 13, will be briefly hidden by the full moon across ...

The Winter Triangle is prominent in the eastern evening sky from ... slightly downward—they point right to Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. Then look upward and to the left of ...

Any clear winter night this month, look south between 8 and 10 p.m. to spot the large hourglass shape of Orion the Hunter. In ...

This week’s first small-telescope target is Sirius B, the companion to the night sky’s brightest star, Alpha (α) Canis Majoris. American telescope-maker Alvin Graham Clark discovered that ...

We’re lucky here on Guam. The Milky Way is a sight denied to most of the Earth’s people. The light pollution from Earth’s ...

Jupiter and Mars are in the eastern sky. Those two bright stars ... you’ll see a very bright star. That’s Sirius, the sky’s brightest star. Measure two fist-widths to the left of Sirius ...

Astronomers are often asked how the casual observer can distinguish planets from bright stars in the night sky. It is commonly ... and prominent star such as Sirius or Rigel, both of which can ...