by FLEK Admin | Nov 30, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Late tonight, night owls can look almost directly overhead to view a triangular formation of three bright objects. Reaching one third of the way, and due east by 11 o’clock, you’ll easily see the increasingly bright Mars, while high in the...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 29, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Finding Venus has finally become easier through this month, as its orbit continues to curve around the Sun, getting closer to us. In the pocess, this curve has increased its separation from the Sun, more than one hand-width higher than earlier this month. This...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 28, 2024 | NightSky
Today: On Thanksgiving, as we celebrate the harvest and the riches of the soil, look along the northern horizon, where a low and level view shows the Big Dipper. In the British Isles, it is imagined as a plough, with the bowl of the Dipper forming the blade, almost...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 27, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The planet Mars will again rise within the constellation Cancer this evening at around 9:30. Mars has been getting brighter and brighter this month, en route to its opposition from the sun on January 16th, when Mars will reach its maximum brightness. Thursday:...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 26, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Tomorrow morning, early risers can see the Moon pass in front of the bright star Spica, temporarily obscuring it. This occultation starts at 5:40 AM, lasting slightly more than one hour. However, the Moon’s progression finally makes it past Spica at 6:50,...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 25, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Between 7:30 and 8 PM, look about halfway up in the northeastern sky. In the left hand of the constellation Perseus shines the binary star Algol. Between 7:14 and 9:14 PM, Algol reaches its minimum brightness, when the fainter of its 2 stars eclipses the...
