by FLEK Admin | Nov 18, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The Waning Gibbous Moon rises a little before 7 o’clock in the east-northeast, placed near the feet of Gemini, the Twins. Their heads climb above the horizon about an hour later. As one more hour goes by, the planet Mars makes its appearance, creating an...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 17, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Tonight, the Leonid Meteor Shower peaks, at a rate of 10 to 15 meteors per hour, under ideal viewing. But tonight will be be non-ideal, because of the interfering light from moon, which will be 94% full. As the Gibbous Moon wanes, additional a few outbursts are...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 16, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The Big Dipper runs as low as it gets along the northern horizon. At 6:20 PM EST, the right edge of the “bowl” of the Dipper is exactly above north. Follow the line formed by these two stars, the “pointer stars”, and they will guide you...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 15, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Today the Full Moon rises at 4:28 PM. November’s Full Moon is known as the “Beaver” Moon. It gets its name from the Algonquin tribes of the northeast, though its meaning is uncertain. It could be the time of trapping beavers for their furs for the winter...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 14, 2024 | NightSky
Today: As twilight arrives, the nearly-Full Moon rises in the east-northeast, becoming Full early tomorrow morning, directly opposite the Sun. Like most Full Moons, this one passes just outside the Earth’s shadow, which means there won’t be a Lunar...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 13, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The mid-winter stars rise earlier each evening, as the Earth makes its appointed journey around the Sun. By 9 o’clock, the familiar stars of Orion are in the east, and are joined by the bright star Procyon, just rising at 9:00 PM EST. This is the dominant...
