by FLEK Admin | Jun 2, 2023 | NightSky
While Mars visits the Beehive cluster of stars to the upper left of Venus, Venus has formed an alignment with the pair of stars to its right, the Twins of Gemini, Pollux on the left, and Castor on the right. Venus is just starting slip lower, but the Twins are sinking...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 2, 2023 | NightSky
While Mars visits the Beehive cluster of stars to the upper left of Venus, Venus has formed an alignment with the pair of stars to its right, the Twins of Gemini, Pollux on the left, and Castor on the right. Venus is just starting slip lower, but the Twins are sinking...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 1, 2023 | NightSky
The planet Mars spends the first few evenings of June amid the faint cluster of stars called “the Beehive”, because it does appear like a swarm of celestial bees. Of course Mars is so bright it overwhelms them, but a pair of binoculars brings them into...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 1, 2023 | NightSky
The planet Mars spends the first few evenings of June amid the faint cluster of stars called “the Beehive”, because it does appear like a swarm of celestial bees. Of course Mars is so bright it overwhelms them, but a pair of binoculars brings them into...
by FLEK Admin | May 31, 2023 | NightSky
At 11 o’clock this evening, climbing into the east and northeast, a preview of coming summer attractions has returned to the skies. Bright, almost half way up in the skies, is Vega, while just rising in the east-northeast shines Altair. The third in this trio of...
by FLEK Admin | May 30, 2023 | NightSky
As twilight fades to night, the waxing Gibbous Moon makes a return visit to the star Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo. The pair will be due south at 9:20 PM, where Spica is well to the lower left of the Moon. Since Spica is very close to the...
