Starwatch: how to spot Hercules the hero, jewel of the summer skies

Search for lopsided body and limbs of constellation between bright stars Vega and Arcturus Hercules, the hero, is a jewel of the summer skies but one that requires a little bit of sleuthing to track down. The chart shows the view looking high in the southern sky from London at 11pm on Monday. The view, however, remains essentially unchanged all week. The easiest way to locate Hercules is to identify the bright star Vega in Lyra, the lyre, and orange Arcturus in Boötes, the herdsman. Hercules ...

By Stuart Clark