The Hercules Cluster (M13) is often cited as the grandest globular cluster north of the celestial equator. Located 25,000 light- years away, it hosts more than 100,000 stars crammed into a volume of ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, April 10Last Quarter Moon occurs today at 12:52 A.M. EDT. A few ...

The northern sky’s standout globular, M13 in Hercules, is placed just right to give it a try tonight. Around 10 P.M. local daylight time, M13 is some 70° high in the west and won’t fully set until an ...

High overhead in July, you’ll find the constellation Hercules. The four stars making up the top of Hercules is known as the Keystone and if you point a telescope or binoculars to the west side of the ...

If you find yourself in a dark, un-light-polluted area anytime soon, be sure to glance around the sky with binoculars. Along the hazy band of the Milky Way and elsewhere, you’re sure to find plenty of ...

The Great Hercules Star Cluster is one of the true treasures of the summer and early autumn sky. It’s a dense cluster of stars all crammed together in a tight sphere that you’ll love directing your ...

Sometimes we have no clue what's over our heads. On July nights it's easy to find out. As soon as the sky gets dark (around 10:30-11 p.m. local daylight time) look high up in the southeastern sky for ...

Hercules the Hero isn't the brightest of constellations, but it’s a large one. In fact, it’s the fifth-largest constellation in the sky and home to some wonderful celestial treasures. Hercules ...

Hercules the Hero is not the brightest of constellations but it’s a large one. In fact, it’s the fifth largest constellation of the Rochester night sky and it’s home to some wonderful celestial ...

The moon is a thin waning (growing smaller) crescent. New moon is Friday, June 23, and Saturday night you may be able to see the one-day-old crescent moon. You will need clear skies and a clear ...

With the bright moon out of the late evening sky early this week, stargazers will be treated to views of the "celestial strongman" in the night sky: the constellation of Hercules. To spot the ...

Even though we’re in the closing weeks of summer, the great but faint constellation Hercules the Hero is hanging in there, upside down, high in the early evening western sky. It’s certainly not the ...