HI STAR WATCHERS, TRACE HERE HIT THE DARKNESS THIS WEEK AT 11PM FACING WEST.

CANCER THE CRAB’S STARS ARE FAINT AND LOOK LIKE A Y ON IT’S SIDE.

YOU CAN FIND IT HALFWAY BETWEEN THE BRIGHT STAR IN GEMINI NAMED CASTOR AND THE BRIGHT STAR IN LEO NAMED REGULUS.

NEXT TURN LEFT LOOKING SOUTH AND ABOUT HALFWAY UP, YOU’LL FIND A SMALL, FOUR-SIDED FIGURE OF SEMI-BRIGHT STARS.

THIS IS THE CONSTELLATION CORVUS THE CROW.

FURTHER UP AND TO THE LEFT OF CORVUS BLUE SPICA.

THIS MARKS THE HAND OF THE MAIDEN CONSTELLATION VIRGO, AND CAN HELP YOU FIND THE CROW.

FINALLY TURN AROUND AND LOOK EAST FIND TWO BRIGHT STARS, ARCTURUS AND VEGA.

DRAW A LINE BETWEEN THEM THERE, NEXT TO BOOTES THE HERDSMAN YOU CAN FIND CORONA BOREALIS THE NORTHERN CROWN.

THESE SEVEN, SEMI-BRIGHT STARS LIE BETWEEN THE KITE-SHAPED CONSTELLATION BOOTES AND THE KEYSTONE OF HERCULES.

CHECK OUT THE 3 CS OF SPRING, AND KEEP LOOKING UP!