Earthsky Tonight—August 8, Look overhead to see the summer Milky Way
A moonless sky means this is a good time to get out into the country for a look at the summer Milky Way: the edgewise view into our own galaxy.
Earthsky Tonight—July 19, Summer Triangle: Altair and Aquila the Eagle
The Great Rift of the Summer Milky Way passes through the Summer Triangle, between the stars Vega and Altair.
Earthsky Tonight—July 5, 2010: Constellation named for a Polish king
toward the richest part of the Milky Way – you will find a very small constellation, called Scutum the Shield.
Earthsky Tonight—May 06, Milky Way encircles the horizon on May evenings
The disk of our Milky Way is shaped like a pancake. On May evenings, the plane of the pancake-shaped galactic disk coincides with the plane of the horizon