During winter evenings, the faint constellation Camelopardalis can be spotted a little to the north of the overhead point. To find it, you first of all need to find Polaris…

The New Forest National Park’s popular ‘Dream View’ exhibition is on show over the holidays at the Moors Valley Country Park’s Visitor Centre…

During December evenings, the tiny constellation Triangulum can be seen virtually overhead – and contains the spectacular Pinwheel Galaxy known as M33…

Pegasus played a prominent role in Greek folklore, and the constellation depicting this wonderful winged horse certainly plays an important part in our autumn night sky…

Exmoor National Park has been designated an International Dark Sky Reserve – the first place in Europe to achieve this prestigious award and only the second in the world…

Delphinus is a small but very distinctive diamond-shaped pattern of stars which can be found a little way to the east of the bright star Altair in Aquila…

Aquila represents the eagle which, according to a rather gruesome Greek legend, preyed upon the vitals of the hapless Prometheus…

Each season presents us with a different collection of stars, with winter, spring, summer and autumn all heralded by particularly prominent groups. Autumn nights reveal the legendary winged horse Pegasus carrying Perseus and Andromeda back home to the island of [...]

During May evenings, the scattering of faint stars known as Coma Berenices can be located a little way to the east and slightly up of the bright star Denebola in the tail of the neighbouring constellation of Leo (see my [...]

STARS THAT HERALD THE HARVEST

Virgo is a long and sprawling constellation which can be found straddling the south-eastern horizon during mid-evening in April and May. The stars of Virgo form a conspicuous Y-shape and the brightest star in the [...]