by FLEK Admin | May 27, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As the Moon reaches its New phase, permitting dark evening skies, it’s a good time to locate the famous but rather faint constellation, Hercules. Looking due east near 11:00 PM, and on a line between Arcturus high in the southeast and Vega in the east,...
by FLEK Admin | May 26, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Between the brightest star in the skies this evening, Arcturus, high in the south at 10:30 PM, and the second brightest, Vega, slightly lower in the east, the faint stars of Hercules offer a challenge to view. Many people look for the bowtie pattern, one third...
by FLEK Admin | May 25, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Gemini, the Twins, are standing on the horizon between west and northwest this evening, Castor on the right and Pollux on the left. It was near the feet of Castor, the name of the brother as well as the star, that in 1781 Sir William Herschel discovered a new...
by FLEK Admin | May 24, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Memorial Day weekend serves as an unofficial kick-off to summer, and the stars are doing their part. One of summer’s quintessential constellations is Scorpio, the Scorpion. The star Antares, regarded as the heart of the Scorpion, is rising in the twilight,...
by FLEK Admin | May 23, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The star Spica, due south at 10 o’clock this evening, will help guide you to the stars of Corvus, the Crow. Well to the lower right of Spica, look for an odd shaped “box” of stars. The lower left star is the tail of the Crow, while the three other stars...
by FLEK Admin | May 22, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Early risers get their reward in the blush of morning twilight over the next few mornings, thanks to a visual treat from the thinning Crescent of the Moon, its slender form to the upper right of the brilliant Venus, best viewed from 4 to 4:30, and accompanied...
