If you’ve been reading my column for a while, you know there are many kinds of critters represented among the ancient constellations. Today I’d like to share with you the story of one of the newer ...

Follow the coils of Hydra this spring to see some of the most strikingly colorful stars in the sky. Out of the 88 constellations, more than half represent animals or hybrids of animals. Some of these ...

Now is a good time to see one of the largest constellations in the sky and one of the few constellations that actually looks like what it is supposed to represent - Hydra the Water Snake. It sounds ...

The moon is at last quarter tonight and will not rise until 1:47 Friday morning. This gives us a good chance to enjoy the evening winter sky. Let's try for a somewhat more challenging sight than ...

Here's a trivia question: Which is the largest of all constellations? If you answered "Hydra," you know more about the night sky than you admit. At this time of year we can find Hydra, the water snake ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. When the night is clear over Big Sky, go out around 9:00 PM, look over the southeastern horizon, ...