Our galaxy will make for a particularly splendid sight on the dark nights surrounding the new moon phase on July 24.

Aquila was the bird that carried thunderbolts for Zeus in Greek mythology and for Jupiter in Roman mythology. We used the pattern of stars known as the summer triangle (pictured) to find Cygnus ...

Vulpecula and Sagitta lie sandwiched between Cygnus and Aquila, which we found yesterday morning. M27 is perhaps easiest to find by looking just over 3° north of magnitude 3.5 Gamma (γ) Sagittae.

There are so many great stories in the over 60 constellations available to us in our night sky. There are heroes, hunters, ...

Its points are marked by Vega in Lyra, Deneb in Cygnus, and Altair in Aquila. Each is bright enough to see under light-polluted skies (magnitudes 0, 1.3, and 0.8, respectively).

The names Aquila and Lyra originated in Italy and Cygnus comes from the French Cycnus. Many myths and legends across multiple cultures are associated with these warm weather constellations.

The brightest stars in the Aquila, Lyra and Cygnus constellations -- Vega (Lyra), Deneb (Cygnus) and Altair (Aquila) -- form a shape known as the Summer Triangle, which is a great tool to orient ...

You can also see the eye of Cygnus vaguely near the center of the triangle, ... The final star in our triangle, further from the other two, is the star Altair in Aquila, the eagle.

Well up in the eastern sky during the late-evening hours is the "Summer Triangle," not a constellation, but a very noteworthy star pattern of the summer sky consisting of three bright stars from ...

Cygnus is easiest to pick out by finding the bright stars known as the Northern Cross. If you look to the south, you’ll see – just above the horizon – the constellation Scorpius.

There are so many great stories in the over 60 constellations available to us in our Butler night sky. There are heroes, ...