Starwatch: can you spot Lacerta the lizard crawling across the night sky?

Catching this distinctive but faint zigzag constellation will require a dark sky, well away from street lights

Time to track down a faint gem of the northern skies. Nestled between the bright constellations of Cygnus, the swan, and the mythical mother-daughter pair of Cassiopeia and Andromeda, Lacerta, the lizard, is admittedly a faint constellation.

However, picking out its distinctive shape on a cold, dark night brings a tremendous sense of accomplishment at knowing the night sky.