The Yale Bright Star Catalogue contains 9,096 stars that are brighter than magnitude 7, roughly the limit of what our eyes can see. Many (40%) ...

Look for them around 10 p.m. local daylight time, roughly one-quarter up in the western sky. In addition to their closeness to each other, look for the orange-gold of Mars and blue-white of Regulus to ...

Stars live longer than you expect. Driessen points out that many visible stars, including those in the Yale Bright Star Catalogue, can live for billions of years.