by FLEK Admin | Mar 1, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Venus and Jupiter appear stunningly close in the evening twilight, their closest pass to each other for the next few years. You should start to see them just before 6 o’clock, getting more and more dramatic as the darkness deepens through the next hour,...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 1, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The Full “Sturgeon” Moon runs low across the southern skies. The Moon gets its name from the large fish found in the Great Lakes and other large bodies of water, which were easier to catch in August. European settlers sometimes knew this as the “Corn” Moon....
by FLEK Admin | Feb 28, 2023 | NightSky
A stunning planetary encounter is underway in the western skies. In the twilight near 6 o’clock, our two brightest planets, Jupiter and Venus, are delightfully close, with the less brilliant Jupiter appearing above Venus tonight. Venus’s orbit, and the...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 27, 2023 | NightSky
This evening’s First Quarter Moon experiences yet another rendezvous with our neighboring planet Mars, starting high in the south near 6:15 as darkness deepens. They edge a bit closer as they slide to due west at 10:20 PM, not setting in the northwest until...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 26, 2023 | NightSky
The waxing Moon is less than 24 hours from reaching its First Quarter phase as it emerges from the twilight between 6 and 6:30 this evening, high in the southwest. To the Moon’s left, the reddish star Aldebaran should be easy to see, while to the Moon’s...
