The constellation Hercules, an ancient Greek star pattern, ranks fifth in size (1,225.15 square degrees) but forty-eighth in overall brightness among the 88 constellations. It is optimally viewed on ...

A staple of mythology, the hero Hercules has a strange celestial story. One of the best-known star patterns, Hercules stands high over our heads in the Northern Hemisphere at nightfall this week. Like ...

The spring and summer constellation of Hercules is easily located between the bright stars Vega and Arcturus, immediately south of the northerly constellation of Draco the Dragon. The area of sky ...

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 ...

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 ...

As the sky grows dark on very clear evenings this week, anancient star pattern can be found almost directly overhead: Hercules, themighty strong man and hero of many legends. The stars that compose ...

In recent years moviegoers have been treated to a myriad of superhero movies. This month’s Colorado sky hosts a constellation that memorializes one of the greatest superheroes of all time, the ...

The globular cluster Messier 92 (M92) in the constellation Hercules is currently visible in the eastern sky after nightfall. M92, with an apparent magnitude of 6.4 and an angular size of approximately ...