by FLEK Admin | May 6, 2023 | NightSky
The Moon is just past Full as it climbs into the southeast near 9:40 PM, with the red star Antares following to its lower left about 40 minutes later. Antares is often referred to as the “heart” of Scorpius, the Scorpion, beginning its annual crawl across...
by FLEK Admin | May 5, 2023 | NightSky
The Eta Aquariid meteor shower enjoys a broad peak over the next few nights, best seen after midnight, with up to 15 meteors or “shooting stars” per hour. Unfortunately, this cosmic dust, the debris from Halley’s Comet, won’t be easy to see, thanks...
by FLEK Admin | May 4, 2023 | NightSky
Late this evening, near 10:30, lowering toward the northwestern horizon shines a sparkling, flashing object, with random flares of green, or red, or blue. No, it is not a UFO, but the bright star Capella. Bright stars, when they are near the horizon, have their light...
by FLEK Admin | May 3, 2023 | NightSky
As the twilight fades by 9:15 PM or so, the waxing Gibbous Moon is escorted across the southern skies by the bright, steely-blue star Spica, located just to its lower right. Spica is diminished by the lunar glare this evening, but regains its composure as the Moon...
by FLEK Admin | May 2, 2023 | NightSky
Today features an event that can’t been seen, but one that has been of interest to astronomers since the earliest observers. Early this morning, the planet Mercury passes between the Earth and the Sun, known as its “inferior conjunction”. The...
by FLEK Admin | May 1, 2023 | NightSky
Today is May Day, and is known in the Celtic tradition as Beltane, marking the traditional half-way point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. These mid-points of the seasons are called “cross-quarter days”, as they are exactly between the...
