by FLEK Admin | Feb 17, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Tonight’s New Moon will facilitate the detection the most distant object human eyes can see, the Andromeda galaxy, a faint smudge of light, one half of the way above the west-northwest horizon, as twilight ends after 7:00 PM. It appears at the hip of the...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 16, 2026 | NightSky
Today: The Milky Way is showing off in the dark, moonless evening skies, arching from southeast and into the south, climbing above Orion and nearly overhead. It then shimmers down toward the northwestern horizon. During March, the Milky Way, and Orion, ease lower into...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 15, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Looking due east at 7:10 this evening, Leo the Lion begins to climb above the horizon, with the Twins of Gemini much higher. About halfway between them, and halfway up from the horizon, search for a faint sprinkling of stars, called the “Beehive”, a swarm of...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 14, 2026 | NightSky
Today: By 9:00 PM this evening, the “twin” stars of Gemini appear quite high in the southeast, two-thirds of the way up from the horizon, and ride very high across the southern skies. Pollux, a bit brighter and on the lower left, and Castor, on the upper...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 13, 2026 | NightSky
Today: About one quarter of the way up, at around 6:10 PM, you’ll find the bluish star Deneb squarely in the northwest. Deneb in the 14th-brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere. Such a ranking is impressive considering how far away Deneb is. It’s so...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 12, 2026 | NightSky
Today: As Orion crests across the southern skies, his bright stars demonstrate considerably differences in color. Compare, for example, the star Betelgeuse on the upper left, appearing an orangish color, while on the lower right, Rigel shines a piercing blue. The...
