June’s night skies provide excellent opportunities to discover a slice of the evening sky that is largely unsung, unheralded and usually ignored. Daniel Zantzinger / Skywatcher's Guide When, for ...

In the northern night sky, you can sometimes find a foreleg-shaped cluster of stars known as the Boötes (Greek word for "herdsman") constellation. In its vicinity, there is an enormous dark space that ...

Most of us would consider Bootes the Bear Guard a spring constellation. That's when it first appears in the eastern sky, following the tail of Ursa Major the Great Bear as the snow drifts recede. Come ...

It starts happening every mid-summer. Bootes, the hunting farmer, begins his close pursuit of Ursa Major, the Big Bear. These two constellations are right next to each other in the early evening ...

With all the grand celestial giants to observe through this spring/summer transition, it’s important that skywatchers don’t overlook the small, glittering jewels sojourning June’s night skies and the ...

Most of us consider Bootes the Bear Guard a spring constellation. That's when it first climbs up in the east behind the Great Bear. Now it's back in the west filling our gaze with one the largest ...