I’ve been meaning to tell you about the tiny constellation Delphinus the Dolphin and I’m happy to get to it finally. Less than a hundred years ago, the International Astronomical Union officially ...

With the moon nearing first quarter or 'half-a-pie' phase, the sky is still dark enough to go out and look for constellations. Some observers even prefer a little moonlight because it snuffs out the ...

As soon as night falls, look high up in the eastern sky to see the three stars of the Summer Triangle: Vega, Deneb and Altair. The lowest of them, Altair, is the brightest star in Aquila (AK-will-uh) ...

Earlier today Japanese amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki photographed a new bright nova in the constellation Delphinus (del-FYE-nuss). At the time it was a little below the naked eye limit (6.8 ...

I just love the little constellation Delphinus the Dolphin, and I hope you fall in love with it too. It’s among the smallest constellations seen from Earth. When most people think of constellations, ...

Last Wednesday a white-dwarf star erupted in the constellation Delphinus, producing the brightest nova since 2007. Currently shining at magnitude 4.9, the nova is visible to the naked eye from dark ...

Astrophotographer André van der Hoeven captured Nova Delphinus 2013 from HI-Ambacht in The Netherlands on August 16, 2013. He writes: "When I heard the news [about the nova] I pointed my telescope ...

Each Monday I pick out the northern hemisphere’s celestial highlights (mid-northern latitudes) for the week ahead, but be sure to check my main feed for more in-depth articles on stargazing, astronomy ...

On Looking Up this week we hear about a diamond encrusted dolphin visible in the late summer skies above Colorado. Quite often on these broadcasts, I talk about things that are really big. Heck, the ...

I just love the little constellation Delphinus the Dolphin and hope you fall in love with it too. It’s among the smallest constellations seen in our Pottsville sky. When most people think of ...