Amateur astrophotographer Joel Martin captured this stunning view of Bode's galaxy in February this year during a stargazing ...

Start by drawing an imaginary line between ... Leo is directly beneath the Big Dipper, beyond the smaller Leo Minor constellation, and is host to Regulus (labeled "1" below), its primary star.

In order to find the ancient Three Leaps of the Gazelle asterism you must first locate the Big Dipper, which is high in the ...

Even if you’re new to stargazing, no doubt you’ve seen the seven bright stars that outline the Big Dipper, and this time of ...

And front and center right now appears one of the most familiar and easy-to-find star groupings: the Big Dipper ... and it forms the major star in the constellation of Leo, the lion.

Believe it or not, the Big Dipper, as bright and well-known as it is, is not an official constellation. Back in the 1930s, astronomers from around the world agreed on a standard set of 88 ...