With the moon nearing first quarter or 'half-a-pie' phase, the sky is still dark enough to go out and look for constellations. Some observers even prefer a little moonlight because it snuffs out the ...

As soon as night falls, look high up in the eastern sky to see the three stars of the Summer Triangle: Vega, Deneb and Altair. The lowest of them, Altair, is the brightest star in Aquila (AK-will-uh) ...

I hope you enjoy the constellation Delphinus the Dolphin as much as I do. It’s said that good things come in small packages, and Delphinus certainly helps prove that. It’s the 19th smallest of all of ...

I just love the little constellation Delphinus the Dolphin, and I hope you fall in love with it too. It’s among the smallest constellations seen from Earth. When most people think of constellations, ...

I’ve been meaning to tell you about the tiny constellation Delphinus the Dolphin, and I’m happy to get to it finally. Less than 100 years ago, the International Astronomical Union officially divided ...

Last Wednesday a white-dwarf star erupted in the constellation Delphinus, producing the brightest nova since 2007. Currently shining at magnitude 4.9, the nova is visible to the naked eye from dark ...

High in the south-southwest part of the sky during the late evening hours is an easy-to-find tiny constellation called Delphinus the Dolphin. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access ...

Part of what makes Delphinus so easy to see and find in the Everett evening sky is that it’s a very simple constellation. All there is to Delphinus are four stars that make a little diamond which ...

Astrophotographer André van der Hoeven captured Nova Delphinus 2013 from HI-Ambacht in The Netherlands on August 16, 2013. He writes: "When I heard the news [about the nova] I pointed my telescope ...

I’ve been meaning to tell you about the tiny constellation Delphinus the Dolphin for a while now, but with everything else going on this year, like the close approach of Mars, I just haven’t got to it ...