by FLEK Admin | Jul 12, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Rise and shine! At least, that is what the slender Crescent Moon does late tonight near 1:45 AM. By the time some early risers wake near 4 o’clock, look above the Moon for a sprinkling of stars, belonging to the star cluster, the Seven Sisters, or the...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 11, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Looking due south at 10:00 PM this evening, you will find the red star Antares, the brightest star in the summer constellation, Scorpius, the Scorpion. Antares is usually considered the “heart” of the Scorpion. Note the general shape of this constellation is an...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 10, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Well after midnight, the waning Crescent Moon climbs into the east-northeast, followed by Jupiter, shortly after 1 o’clock. For night owls, you’ll find them easier to see by 3 o’clock, due east and less than one quarter of the way up, and for...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 9, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Very low in the west, as the twilight fades from 9:45 through 10:15, you’ll see Venus, brilliant but low above the horizon. Look to Venus’s upper left, where a pair of contrasting objects appear – the reddish planet Mars just to the upper...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 8, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Tonight near midnight, the bluish-white star Vega is nearly overhead, while the brilliant pale-orange Arcturus is about half way up from the horizon in the west. Between, about two thirds of the way from Arcturus up to Vega, a bow-tie shaped pattern of stars...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 7, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Today is the “seventh day of the seventh Moon” – moons being months – and is the traditional day for cultures in the Far East to celebrate the story of the Goddess of Weaving and the Handsome Farmer, more familiar to us as the Summer Triangle, directly overhead...
