Gaze at the night sky enough, and you'll begin to find all kinds of geometric patterns among the stars. Points are easy; so are lines connecting two stars. Another easy pattern is a triangle, since ...

The Summer Triangle asterism, composed of Altair, Deneb, and Vega, is currently visible rising in the east after sunset in the Northern Hemisphere. Vega (magnitude 0), Deneb (magnitude 1.3), and ...

When you’re trying to make the stars your old friends and getting to know your way around the constellations, you need all the help you can get. Asterisms can be wonderful tools to get the job done.

The Summer Triangle asterism, composed of Deneb, Altair, and Vega, becomes visible in the Northern Hemisphere's evening sky. Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke makes its closest approach to Earth on June 12th, ...

Asterisms can be wonderful tools to help you find your way around the constellations. Asterisms are large and obvious formations of stars that are very easy to find. They are not counted as one of the ...

Well up in the eastern sky during the late-evening hours is the "Summer Triangle," not a constellation, but a very noteworthy star pattern of the summer sky consisting of three bright stars from three ...

Summer arrived astronomically in Everett at 3:51 a.m. Saturday, the moment of the annual summer solstice. When it’s finally dark enough for stargazing this time of year — and that’s after 10 p.m. for ...

When you’re trying to make the stars your old friends and getting to know your way around the constellations, you need all the help you can get. Asterisms can be excellent tools to get the job done.

As we reach start of the summer season, I thought it would be important to share some of the secrets of the brighter stars of the summer season, as well as the details of these amazing stars. Many of ...

Look to the sky after dusk to see the bright stars of the Summer Triangle asterism — Vega, Deneb and Altair — rise above the eastern horizon. The Summer Triangle is an annual feature of the northern ...

The nights surrounding Aug. 29 are a great time to spot the stars of the famous 'Summer Triangle' asterism, bisected by the glowing band of the Milky Way, with an early-setting crescent moon providing ...

See summer's favorite asterism rise above the eastern horizon just after dusk tonight (Aug. 31). The Summer Triangle asterism (a general term for a grouping of stars) consists of three bright, white ...