by FLEK Admin | Jul 21, 2023 | NightSky
Today: A thin slice of the waxing Crescent Moon appears low in the west, not enough to interfere with viewing a faint constellation, high in the north. Look between the stars of the Big and Little Dipper for the tail of Draco, the Dragon. It curves up and around the...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 20, 2023 | NightSky
Today: On this day in 1969, millions of people on the Earth watched as one man, Neil Armstrong, became the first person to visit the Moon, the first of six successful missions to the Moon. You’ll see the Moon this evening as a slender Crescent, low in the...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 19, 2023 | NightSky
Today: As Venus continues to settle lower, it becomes your reference point as a very slender Moon joins it, well to the left. But just to the Moon’s lower left, a tiny spark of light appears very close to 9 o’clock, the sizzling hot planet Mercury. July...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 18, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The Milky Way arches high across the eastern skies in the evening, extending down to the north, where it appears dimmer, and toward the south, glowing noticeably brighter, home to the center of our Galaxy. The Milky Way swings overhead through the course of the...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 17, 2023 | NightSky
Today: High in the east-northeast is the star Deneb, the tail of Cygnus, the Swan. Deneb is Arabic for “the tail”, though Arabs described this region as the “chicken”. While Deneb is less bright than the other members of the Summer Triangle – Vega overhead, and...
