In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out during the early evening hours of March 5.

During the overnight hours of Feb. 5-6, the moon will pass through the famous Pleiades star cluster while one day ... A continuous white line marks the nighttime northern and southern limits ...

There are countless fixed stars in the firmament, but Sei Shonagon (c.966-c.1025) named only the Pleiades star cluster and Altair ... Sirius gleamed white blue as if the pure, clear air around ...