by FLEK Admin | Mar 15, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The Andromeda Galaxy is the only distant galaxy we can see with our own eyes. In the next few nights look in the northeast, just below the Milky Way, and about one third of the way up from the horizon near 10:00 PM EDT. It appears as a small, oval smudge of...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 14, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Following the line of Orion’s Belt stars to the right, the red star Aldebaran should easily catch your attention. Look more carefully at this region, and you will see a “V” shaped pattern of stars making the Bull’s face. This faint group is called the Hyades,...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 14, 2023 | NightSky
Today: With the Summer Triangle almost overhead, look at its lowest star Altair, and then to the left of Altair. A faint, compact collection of stars may catch your eyes, the constellation Delphinus, the Dolphin. It appears like a comma, but perhaps you can imagine a...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 13, 2023 | NightSky
Today: I don’t know why you’d be up at 3 o’clock tomorrow morning, but if you are, look to the southeast for the Last Quarter Moon rising in the southeast, following the reddish star Antares up into the southeast. Antares shines as the...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 13, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The Perseid Meteor Shower continues this evening, though past its peak. Even so, it is thrilling to see even a few “shooting stars” etch their path through the stars. Meteors are almost always favored after midnight, because ou spinning Earth turns...
