by FLEK Admin | May 7, 2025 | NightSky
Today: A very large diamond of bright objects should get your attention in the west on the next clear evening. Lowest, though quite bright as twilight fades after 9 o’clock, Orion’s shoulder star Betelgeuse is due west, flanked to the upper right by the...
by FLEK Admin | May 6, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Eta Aquariid meteor shower continues tonight, with modest interference from the Moon. Best seen after midnight, with up to 15 meteors or “shooting stars” per hour, you’ll find much darker skies after the Moon sets near 3:30 AM. These...
by FLEK Admin | May 5, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Moon, now a waxing gibbous, has reached Leo, and is abreast of Regulus, the star that mark’s Leos breast plate, and which is also the constellation’s brightest. The Moon’s next close encounter with a bright star will be when it cozies up next to Spica, in...
by FLEK Admin | May 4, 2025 | NightSky
Today: High in the southwest in the failing twilight, the First Quarter Moon appears halfway between Mars and Regulus, the brightest star in Leo. Regulus sits very close to the path of the Sun, the same general path that the Moon follows, so these two have a regularly...
by FLEK Admin | May 3, 2025 | NightSky
Today: When looking toward the west this evening as the twilight dims, you’ll see that the moon is no longer next to Castor of the Gemini Twins, but has shifted up and to the left, appearing within the constellation Cancer, and immediately to the right of Mars. Mars...
by FLEK Admin | May 2, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As the dusk fades at 8:30 PM, the Crescent Moon shines barely to the right of Castor, the rightmost of the Gemini Twins. Below and a little farther to the right, in the west-northwest, shines Jupiter, bounded by the horns of Taurus. Jupiter and the horns of...
