by FLEK Admin | Sep 30, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Due west at 8:15 this evening, well above the bright star Arcturus, a semi-circle of stars, with a bright one in middle, forms the constellation Corona Borealis, or the Northern Crown. The middle, somewhat brighter star goes by the name Gemma, Latin for...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 29, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The First Quarter Moon hangs in the south as the stars emerge from the twilight by 7:30. Looking to the left of the Moon, you’ll find the stars of the “teapot” in Sagittarius, with its triangular lid on top of the teapot, while two more stars...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 28, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The waxing Crescent Moon has progressed farther left from its companion last night in Scorpio, the red star Antares, low but visible in the south-southwest near 7:30 PM. Well to Antares’ right, look for the moderately bright star, Zubenelgenubi, whose...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 27, 2025 | NightSky
Today: In this evening’s twilight a relatively flat horizon will be needed in the southwest. It is here that the Crescent Moon will dip to the horizon, doing so in lockstep with constellation Scorpio. As night falls, Antares, “The Heart of the Scorpion,” will appear...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 26, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Even with calendar Summer now behind us, the constellation Orion barely broaches the eastern horizon by 11:00 PM. But within a month this will happen two hours earlier, as Orion re-emerges to become a central constellation in the Winter sky, and by the first of...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 25, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Rising in the east-northeast at around 7:45 PM is the bright star Capella, principle star of the constellation Auriga, The Charioteer. Capella is the third brightest star that appears in the northern hemisphere. But it only appears as a single star. It really...
