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1 day ago · Stellarium Web is a planetarium running in your web browser. It shows a realistic star map, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
2 days ago · With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, Sirius is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. Sirius is a binary star consisting of a main-sequence star of spectral type A0 or A1, termed Sirius A, and a faint white dwarf companion of spectral type DA2, termed Sirius B.
2 days ago · Vega is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. It has the Bayer designation α Lyrae, which is Latinised to Alpha Lyrae and abbreviated Alpha Lyr or α Lyr. This star is relatively close at only 25 light-years (7.7 parsecs) from the Sun, and one of the most luminous stars in the Sun's neighborhood.
6 days ago · An online sky map to identify constellations and major stars and planets easy to see with the naked eye.
4 days ago · Capella is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Auriga. It has the Bayer designation α Aurigae, which is Latinised to Alpha Aurigae and abbreviated Alpha Aur or α Aur. Capella is the sixth-brightest star in the night sky, and the third-brightest in the northern celestial hemisphere after Arcturus and Vega.
3 days ago · 05. Alnilam: The middle star in Orion's Belt, Alnilam is a blue supergiant. It's roughly 2,000 light-years away and is one of the most luminous stars known. 06. Alnitak: The easternmost star in Orion's Belt, Alnitak is a triple star system. The primary star is a blue supergiant, and the system is about 800 light-years from Earth.
NASA shared this striking image of the Orion constellation, featuring gas and millions of stars. Photo Credits: Michele Guzzini/NASA This breathtaking image features the Lobster Nebula in the ...
