The constellation Hercules (pronounced HER-cue-leez) is one of the original star figures created by the Greeks, who called the hero Herakles. The main part of the pattern is reasonably easy to find.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The constellation Hercules is high in the east after dark this evening. Rich with deep-sky objects, we’re passing by the Strongman’s most famous (M13) for its second-brightest globular cluster: M92.

How would you like to see about a million stars, all crammed together in a tight ball in our Rochester night sky? Well you can do just that. The Great Hercules star cluster is one of the true ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever noticed a constellation while driving at night and wondered what it was? Or looked up after dark and wondered what ...

One of my favorite summer constellations is Hercules the Hero. Despite it being one of the fainter constellations, it’s the fifth-largest in the sky. I love the Greek myth behind our stellar hero, and ...