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Everything You Need to Know About the Constellation Pegasus
Pegasus has some interesting deep-sky objects, including a group of galaxies, a unique quasar, and a galaxy that must be the location of Superman’s home planet. Let’s draw upon this 7th largest constellation and learn more about the night sky! Who is Pegasus? One day Pegasus the beautiful, white, winged horse drank peacefully from the…
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Where to Find the Constellation Ophiuchus
A central component to modern astrology revolves around the location of the sun as it crosses in front of each of the 12 zodiac constellations. Astrologers divide the Zodiacs into 12 equal sections of the sky in one of two main ways, using either sidereal or tropical astrology. Neither takes into account the constellation Ophiuchus,…
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Where to Find the Zodiac Constellation Leo
Look to the east after sunset—especially during February, March, and April—and you will find this particularly bright constellation. When to Find Leo The Zodiacal constellations move around more than the other constellations as the earth rotates because they lie near the ecliptic—which is the path the sun travels across the sky. While northern constellations (like…
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Where to Find the Zodiac Constellation Cancer
If you know that the zodiacal constellations are all on the ecliptic (the path of the sun), then you’ll realize that they all rise in the east in more or less the same part of the sky. When I went out to take a picture of Cancer, I knew it would follow Gemini and I…
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Where to Find the Zodiac Constellation Gemini
Where is the constellation Gemini? Its brightest stars stand out at magnitudes between +2 and +1, but don’t confuse them with the two brightest stars in Canis Major or Canis Minor, which are also nearby. Here’s part 2 of my 12 video series on the Zodiacal constellations. Let’s draw upon Gemini to see what we…
