There's a bright "star" shining in the east after dark. It's Jupiter, which is now approaching it's biggest, brightest and ...

Polaris is not a very bright star and students may need to identify the Big Dipper, which will then point them to Polaris. (If students follow the two stars at the end of the cup up and out of the ...

It’s one of the most famous “star hops” of all. Just find the Big Dipper, take the arc of its handle to the bright star Arcturus, and carry on to the only other bright star you can see—Spica.