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The bright star Regulus in Leo the Lion is prominent in the evening sky in May. It looks like a single point of light, but is really 4 stars.

Is Leo really the regal lion above? By Tom Burns - Stargazing These days, the most common comment about the constellation Leo, the Lion, is that it “doesn’t look like a lion,” which is not surprising. None of the constellations look much like the animals and heroes they are supposed to represent. When I asked the schoolchildren attending field trips at Perkins Observatory what the stars looked like, they most commonly answered, “A horse.” But I also got every animal imaginable, notably an aardvark. Aardvarks notwithstanding, Leo resembles its namesake more than most constellations, ...

If you were out last night or early this morning, you probably saw that the sky was illuminated by the full moon. Luckily, it was a clear night Thursday into Friday morning and you got to experience the Snow Moon or Hunger Moon . The Snow Moon will be visible in the Northern Hemisphere until this Sunday, February 28th and will reach peak brightness Saturday morning at 3:19 am, Because I'm not a NASA scientist, Astronomer, or Astrologer,  I'll let EarthSky.org explain what you saw Thursday night and what to expect in the Hudson Valley sky this weekend: As dusk turns into darkness on Friday e...

Depending on where you live worldwide – that is, on your time zone – the moon turns full on February 26 or 27, 2021. From around the world on both nights, the moon will appear full to the eye as it arcs across the sky from dusk until dawn. In North America, we call the February full moon the Snow Moon or Hunger Moon. As dusk turns into darkness on Friday evening, February 26, you might see a bright star pop out rather close to the moon. That’ll be Regulus – aka Cor Leonis or the Lion’s Heart – in the constellation Leo. By February 27, the moon will have moved on in its orbit, shi...