Bootes, pronounced by most people as Boot-tees, is one of the 66-plus constellations we see in the Northwest. It doesn’t really look like what it’s alleged to be. According to Greek and Roman ...

Discover the tales behind four famous spring constellations.

Week of May 10-16, 2026 Skywatchers of ancient times recognized the night sky as a way to measure time. Not only does it seem ...

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 Pottsville early ...

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 ...

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 ...

This week’s first small-telescope target is a trio of double stars in the constellation Boötes the Herdsman. I’ll start with Xi (ξ) Boötis. You’ll have no trouble locating this nicely colored binary.

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 ...

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 ...