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...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 30, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The brightening waxing Gibbous Moon will diminish the fainter stars, leaving Summer’s brightest star, Arcturus, conspicuous west-southwest, halfway up from the horizon at 9:30 PM. The orange-white beacon has expanded into a red-giant, 25 times larger than...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 29, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The star Capella is right on the northern horizon, due north at 9:35 PM EDT. While it is essentially not viewable, it never sets at our latitude. By midnight, it will be rising in the north-northeast. In six months from now, it will be almost exactly overhead...
