How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) ...

The bright yellow star Capella shines nearly overhead in early evenings in late February/early March, as seen from mid-northern America. At 7 p.m. this week, just step outside and look high up.

The bright yellow star Capella shines nearly overhead in early evenings in late February/early March, as seen from mid-northern America. At 7 p.m. this week, just step outside and look high up.

Over the next week skywatchers can expect to see a brilliant star that sparkles with a golden yellow or topaz hue that is situated about one-third of the way up from the eastern horizon as ...

This lovely, bright yellow star is seen about half way up in the south-southwest, and is the brightest of two main stars making up Canis Minor, the Lesser Dog (puppy).

Going clockwise trace a line to the upper left of Sirius to the bright yellow star Procyon (in Canis Minor the Little Dog); then up to either Castor or Pollux, the bright pair of stars marking the ...