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...
by FLEK Admin | May 19, 2023 | NightSky
As the Moon reaches its New phase, permitting dark evening skies, it’s a good time to locate the famous but rather faint constellation, Hercules. Looking due east near 11:00 PM, and on a line between Arcturus high in the southeast and Vega in the east, you may...
by FLEK Admin | May 18, 2023 | NightSky
On this date in 1910, the Earth passed through the tail of Halley’s Comet, an event that spawned any number of reactions, from taking “Comet Pills” to ward off the noxious vapors, to predictions of the end of the world. The dangers were greatly...
by FLEK Admin | May 17, 2023 | NightSky
Very high in the north, nearly overhead, the seven stars of the Big Dipper, while close to the northern horizon, with a low and level view, you find the stars of the Queen, Cassiopeia, in the form of a “W”-shaped pattern. The Big Dipper and the Queen are...
