No original copy of Almagest has survived, so we don't know how he connected the stars to form shapes. By the 16th century, European explorers were adding new constellations to fill in their charts.

The winter sky has some brightly lit star patterns visible this month, including a triangle featuring Mars, making it ...

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I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern latitudes).

By the latter half of the 19th century, star charts and atlases featured loosely fabricated patchworks of constellations with ...

What are constellations and asterisms? Quiz - Can you guess the constellation? Top tips for stargazing How to spot famous constellations and asterisms The Plough Ursa Major Ursa Minor Cygnus - a ...

The part of your eyes that are responsible for making out shapes are called rods ... from Stargazing Live that can help you see the constellations from the comfort of your living room.