by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2026 | NightSky
Today: The eastern skies in early January never lack for bright stars, every year hosting Orion in the east, and the Twins of Gemini to the left in the northeast. Adding to these celestial beacons are the nearly-Full Moon, to the stars of Gemini and Orion, while...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2026 | NightSky
Today: The New Year opens under the glow of moonlight from a nearly Full Moon, emerging from the twilight this evening just to the right of El Nath, the star that marks the tip of one of the horns of Taurus, the Bull, whose red eye gleams as the red star Aldebaran,...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 31, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As New Year’s Eve revelers welcome the start of 2026, the brightest star in the night skies is due south nea midnight, known as Sirius, or the Dog Star, the brightest star in Canis Major, the Great Dog. It won’t be hard to find, one-third of the way above...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 30, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Due east at 6:30 PM EST, two thirds up in the sky is the star Algol, which is Arabic for the “evil one”. Ancient people considered the star evil because it was not always the same brightness. Since stars were part of heaven and therefore perfect,...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 29, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Tomorrow morning, from 6:15 to 6:45 AM, the morning twilight offers some fleeting glimpses before they all disappear with the rising Sun: The summer stars of Scorpius, the Scorpion return to the skies, first with his claws, and then a splendid encounter of the...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 28, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Harry Potter in the sky? Looking in the southeast after 7:15 this evening, we see the brightest star in the sky, Sirius, rising. It is known as the Dog Star, and in the Harry Potter books, his god-father Sirius turns into a dog. Likewise, Sirius’s sister is...
