The second of the hunting dogs which accompany Orion across the sky. The brightest star Procyon together with Sirius and Betelgeuse form the winter triangle.

The constellation that contains Sirius the brightest star in the night sky.

Just a piece of coincidence but two bright fireballs were seen over Manchester on the 14th September, one in 1875 the other in 1901.

Canes Venatici represents the dogs Asterion and Chara, held on a leash by Bootis as they chase the Big Bear around the pole.

Another faint zodiac constellation which is only saved from obscurity because it contains the Beehive star cluster.

A large and barren northern circumpolar constellation as seen from Britain.

An obscure and irrelevant constellation in the southern hemisphere introduced in the 1750s by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille.

A large constellation found in the spring which contains the bright orange star Arcturus. The rest of the constellation formed of fainter stars.

The Crab Nebula indicates the remains of a supernova, a star that destroys itself in a massive explosion. This particular event happened in the year 1054, it was widely reported by astronomers in China, but there are no reports from the west. This podcast looks at why there were no reports from Europe.

A large and prominent winter constellation which contains one of the brightest stars in the sky, Auriga which can be found in the over head point during winter evenings.