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 famous "Summer Triangle" will appear overhead around 9:30 p.m. local time this week. The summer sky landmark is not a constellation itself, but rather three bright stars from three separate ...

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 ...

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 wonderful tools to get the job done.

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 ...

The summer Milky Way overhead and through the Summer Triangle stars in July, looking up through trees in Banff National Park at Herbert Lake Deneb is at top left, Vega at top right, and Altair is at ...

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, ...

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 ...

July is often filled with heavenly sights — fireworks, lightning from the occasional thunderstorm and the full Buck Moon, which charges across the summer sky toward the end of the month. Skywatchers ...

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 famous "Summer Triangle" will appear overhead around 9:30 p.m. local time this week. The summer sky landmark is not a constellation itself, but rather three bright stars from three separate ...