You can find Spica by first looking up high in the north at the Big Dipper. Follow the arc of the Dipper’s “handle” in a long curve first to the star Arcturus, and then to Spica.

Among the brighter stars in the evening springtime sky is Spica. This blue-white star sines at first magnitude (+1.04), the 15th brightest star in Earth’s night sky.

Do you have a favorite star in the night sky? It’s a hard question. They are all so great, each one so appealing. They need not be the most brilliant or colorful. Dim ones are full of wonder as ...

You can find Spica by first looking up high in the north at the Big Dipper. Follow the arc of the Dipper’s “handle” in a long curve first to the star Arcturus, and then to Spica.

Spica is the brightest star in the large constellation Virgo the Virgin. The star is also called Alpha Virginis. You may see Spica about a third of the way up the sky in the southeast once darkness ...

You can find Spica by first looking up high in the north at the Big Dipper. Follow the arc of the Dipper’s “handle” in a long curve first to the star Arcturus, and then to Spica.

You can find Spica by first looking up high in the north at the Big Dipper. Follow the arc of the Dipper’s “handle” in a long curve first to the star Arcturus, and then to Spica.

Among the brighter stars in the evening springtime sky is Spica. This blue-white star shines at first magnitude (+1.04), the 15th brightest star in Earth’s night sky. Although not nearly as brigh… ...