by FLEK Admin | Feb 11, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Night owls can catch a view of the fickle Moon, as it temporarily accompanies its next stellar companion. In the southeast at around 2:50 AM, the red-orange star Antares will emerge, as part of its parent constellation Scorpius. Ten minutes later the waning...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 10, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Facing south at around 7:40 reveals a host of bright objects along or near the ecliptic. In the east appears the star Regulus, within the constellation Leo. High in sky and to the southeast appears Jupiter, neslted within the constellation Gemini. Just west of...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 9, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Night owls can see the Moon, just one day past its Last Quarter, rise in the southeast near 2:15 AM tomorrow. Just to its lower left will rise the red star Antares, rising at about 2:50 AM, and the brightest star within the constellation Scorpius. The two will...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 8, 2026 | NightSky
Today: On the next clear night, it should be quite easy to find the brightest star – the North Star, right? No! As you scan the skies, tonight our brightest star emerges from the twilight in the southeast near 6:00 PM, and will be due south at 9:20 PM. You are...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 7, 2026 | NightSky
Today: The waning Moon doesn’t rise until a few minutes before midnight, allowing dark evening skies to reveal the splendors of the Milky Way arched over the top of the sky. Early this evening, in the midst of the Milky Way and directly overhead near 7:55 PM,...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 6, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Shortly before 11 PM, the waning gibbous Moon will rise arm in arm with Spica, the brightest star of the constellation Virgo. They will break to horizon in the east-southeast, with the bluish-white Spica just to the Moon’s left. If you’ll be up very...
