Hydra the Water Snake unfurls across the southern sky during late March and April evenings. The long constellation begins just below the bright planet Jupiter and coils toward the southeast, crossing ...

Hydra the Water Snake is not only the largest of the 88 constellations, it's also the longest and one of the most ancient. Hydra the Water Snake constellation begins just below the bright planet ...

If you’ve been reading my column for a while, you know there are many kinds of critters represented among the ancient constellations. Today I’d like to share with you the story of one of the newer ...

When the International Astronomical Union set the astronomical boundaries for the 88 formally recognized constellations in 1927, the result was a wide variety of constellation sizes and shapes. The ...

Follow the coils of Hydra this spring to see some of the most strikingly colorful stars in the sky. Out of the 88 constellations, more than half represent animals or hybrids of animals. Some of these ...

Last December, we toured the constellation Triangulum. Small in size, it can be fully explored in a single evening, much like a fisherman can cover a small pond in one day. In that December article, I ...

With the bright moon now completely out of our early evening night skies this week, we can look to the south to trace one of the most extensive of all star patterns: the long and mostly faint ...

Now is a good time to see one of the largest constellations in the sky and one of the few constellations that actually looks like what it is supposed to represent - Hydra the Water Snake. It sounds ...

Daylight Savings Time - which occurs at 2 a.m. March 10 this year, brings us more of our beloved daytime star, the Sun, in the early evening hours. It also means we have to be a little more patient to ...

April’s nights see some of the sky’s largest constellations, and from their vastness spring a laundry list of celestial and mythological marvels. Daniel Zantzinger (Skywatcher's Guide) Leo Major, the ...

MAKE a fist with your hand, then hold it out to the sky at arm’s length. The width covered by your fist will be around 10 degrees. Now imagine 10 of these in a row. The biggest constellation in the ...