by FLEK Admin | Aug 5, 2023 | NightSky
Today: With the waning Moon not rising until 10:30 this evening, we’ve got an hour between 9:30 and 10:30 to look to the top of the sky for the head of an old, classic constellation, Draco, the Dragon. His two eyes sparkle as modestly bright stars, then his neck...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 4, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Low in the failing western twilight between 8:15 and 8:30 PM, you will find the bright, bluish-white star Spica nearing the end of its viewing for the year. Although Spica ranks just outside the top-ten brightest stars, at 250 light years away, actually...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 3, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The bright star Capella is rarely out of view, located 43 degrees from the North Star. What this means is that it always remains above the horizon, at its very lowest at 9:15 this evening as twilight dims. It slowly rises through the evening, sliding into the...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 2, 2023 | NightSky
Today: By 10 o’clock this evening, edging up into the southeast, the nearly Full Moon makes the first of two visits to the planet Saturn, modestly bright to the left of the Moon. Through the night, the Moon’s orbit slides it more and more underneath...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 1, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The Full “Sturgeon” Moon runs low across the southern skies. The Moon gets its name from the large fish found in the Great Lakes and other large bodies of water, which were easier to catch in August. European settlers sometimes knew this as the “Corn” Moon....
by FLEK Admin | Jul 31, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Look for a W-shape pattern of stars, low in the north-northeast this evening, which forms the basis of the throne for the Queen, Cassiopeia. It is tipped on its back during the summer, gradually climbing higher each evening, so that it is completely...
