Boötes is the 13th largest constellation in the night sky and contains one of the brightest stars in the sky, Arcturus. Boötes is an ancient Greek word that roughly translates as the ox-driver ...

June’s night skies provide excellent opportunities to discover a slice of the evening sky that is largely unsung, unheralded ...

By Deane Morrison As the summer stars move into prominence in the evening sky, the spring constellation Leo, the lion, slinks ...

Welcome to the June night sky. This is the month of the summer Solstice in the northern hemisphere. This year is on June 21.

Arcturus resides in Bootes the Herdsman, a constellation shaped like an sugar cone packed with a double scoop of ice cream. The bright star gleams at the base of the cone, marking the location of ...

Boötes is chasing the Bears with a pair of Hunting Dogs (Canes Venatici), which makes a small constellation between Arcturus and the Dipper's bowl. If we continue to follow the arc of the Big Dipper's ...