Arcturus is the brightest star in the constellation Bootes, which is supposed to outline a herdsman or plowman, but honestly, it much more resembles a sideways kite with Arcturus marking the tail.

NASA explains that the explosion occurs roughly every 78-80 years when the smaller white dwarf stars accretes too much hydrogen from the bigger red giant that it's orbiting. The thermonuclear ...

Follow the arc of its handle to Arcturus, the fourth brightest star in the sky, shining with an orange hue in the Boötes constellation above the east. Next, locate Vega, a brilliant blue-white ...

a horseshoe-shaped curve of stars west of the Hercules constellation, according to NASA. Once the explosion occurs, viewers can look for it between the bright stars of Vega and Arcturus.

This constellation is found by looking east. According to NASA, the best way to locate the star is to find Arcturus and Vega, two of the brightest stars in the night sky this time of year ...

look for the Hercules constellation between the bright Vega and Arcturus stars. Next to Hercules is a crown-shaped constellation called Corona Borealis, also known as the “Northern Crown.” ...

That is Arcturus, the fourth-brightest star in the night sky and the brightest in the constellation Boötes the Herdsman. Boötes, however, looks much more like a kite rising on its side ...

(SUBMITTED BY MIKE LYNCH) Arcturus is the brightest star in the constellation Boötes, which is supposed to outline a herdsman or plowman. But honestly, it much more resembles a sideways kite ...