Directly above Grus is Piscis Austrinus, the southern fish, which has the only first- magnitude star Fomalhaut in this whole collection of watery constellations.

The constellations Taurus, Orion, Canis Major, and Gemini grab attention this month, while Mars, Jupiter, and Venus dominate the planetary scene.

The Perseid Meteor Shower won't peak until the second week of August, but there are a couple meteor showers this week you ...

Keep your eyes on the skies from Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, and you might see an unusual cosmic convergence: two ...

The Southern Delta Aquarids and Alpha Capricornids are not the best showers of the summer, but they reach their peak on the ...

As its name suggests, the Southern Delta Aquariids will be most visible to stargazers situated in the Southern Hemisphere, ...

Less than two weeks later, on June 25, reports began to circulate of a second nova blossoming in the southern night sky, this ...

A new star, V462 Lup, was discovered in the Lupus constellation, thanks to a sudden explosion in the Milky Way. The new star is most visible in southern hemisphere.

The triangle is visible until the early morning hours, when it will set toward the west-southwest. (The Winter Triangle appears in the Southern Hemisphere between May and August.) ...

The Starry Sky As twilight fades these June evenings, the southern sky provides a magnificent tableau. Crux the Cross sits due south with the Pointers (Alpha [α] and Beta [β] Centauri) to its left.