The spring stars are ending their winter hibernation and climbing high into the sky as the stars of winter put on their final display. Spring stars are a celestial zoo, with Ursa Major and Minor -- ...

It starts happening every mid-summer. Bootes, the hunting farmer, begins his close pursuit of Ursa Major, the Big Bear. These two constellations are right next to each other in the early evening ...

Memorial Day weekend is considered by many as the start of the summer season, even though astronomically it doesn’t actually begin until June 20, the date of the summer solstice. Who wants to wait ...

It's an epic that begins in March and culminates in October. Bootes the hunting farmer chases Ursa Major the Big Bear across the Rochester northern sky. Both constellations are in the low northern and ...

Bootes, pronounced boo-oot-tes, is a constellation that is supposed to outline the figure of a hunter chasing neighboring Ursa Major, otherwise known as the Big Bear. Instead, as you gaze upon Bootes ...

Around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, June 9, enjoy the 5-day-old moon in the west. The moon sits in the front part of Leo the Lion six degrees west (to the right) of the bright star Regulus. Fifteen degrees ...

Venus reigns over the morning sky this month. The queen of planets rises two and a half hours ahead of the sun on July 1, with its lead growing to three hours by the 31st-thanks almost entirely to the ...

In basketball, a player achieves a “triple-double” when he or she reaches 10 or more in three statistical categories. This week’s naked-eye object is a selection of three double stars in the ...

What's your favorite ice cream flavor? Mine is maple walnut, but I wouldn't turn away a bowl of plain vanilla either. I like mine packed into a waffle cone. The kind with a nugget of chocolate waiting ...

The month of March is finally behind us. It's the month you're happy to see arrive, but even happier to see depart. Considering all the wild variations of weather that March brings, I sometime note on ...

Coming up in the east in late April evenings is the constellation Bootes, the Herdsman. Its principal stars form what looks more like a kite than someone who herds animals. If you can find the Big ...