by FLEK Admin | Nov 22, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The mid-winter stars rise earlier each evening, as the Earth makes its appointed journey around the Sun. By 9 o’clock, the familiar stars of Orion are in the east, and are joined by the bright star Procyon, just rising at 9:00 PM EST. This is the dominant...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 21, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The early arrivals of winter’s bright stars are found in the east. Look in the east-northeast at 8:15 to find the twins stars of Gemini easing up into the sky. Castor leads the way, followed by his brother Pollux. Although they are considered twins in...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 20, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The southern skies don’t have much for stars to boast about, with a number of faint constellations. On the other hand, the First Quarter Moon puts on a temporary show with the iconic Saturn, famous for its broad, icy band of rings, found to the...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 19, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The northeastern skies in mid-November feature two contrastingly bright stars. After 7:00 in the evenings, the star Capella shines higher and a pale yellow color, starting about one quarter of the way up. To the lower right, and less bright is Aldebaran, a red...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 18, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Just as the clock strikes midnight, our planetary cousin Mars passes behind the Sun from our vantage point, though it has been too close to the Sun to view for months. Mars remains in the Sun’s glare through the winter, and only slowly emerges from the...
