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 ...

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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. January 8: Zoom in on the Perseus Cluster If you’re up early today, try finding the famous Keystone of Hercules in the ...

M13, the Hercules Cluster, is a globular cluster of stars. Globular clusters are large, old, and spherical. They orbit the Milky Way differently than open clusters. You can see M13 with a moderately ...

Now that we’re well into summer, I want to tell you about another of my constellation favorites: Hercules, the upside-down Hero. It’s certainly not one of the brightest constellations, but I love the ...

While the next month, September, is all set to give the astronomers a glimpse of the Corn Moon eclipse, August also has some tricks up its sleeve. In the month of August, Atronomers have a clear ...

If you find yourself in a dark, un-light-polluted area anytime soon, be sure to glance around the sky with binoculars. Along the hazy band of the Milky Way and elsewhere, you’re sure to find plenty of ...

The Great Hercules Star Cluster is one of the true treasures of the summer and early autumn Pottsville sky. It’s a dense cluster of stars all crammed together in a tight sphere that you’ll love ...

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 ...

Sometimes we have no clue what's over our heads. On July nights it's easy to find out. As soon as the sky gets dark (around 10:30-11 p.m. local daylight time) look high up in the southeastern sky for ...