by FLEK Admin | Mar 27, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Climbing into the east-southeast just after sunset, the golden-hued Saturn reaches opposition – its closest point to the Earth, 814.6 million miles away, as we pass directly between Saturn and the Sun. Well to the right of Saturn, the waxing Gibbous Moon...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 26, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Low in the south at 9:00 PM EDT, a waxing Gibbous Moon sits within the constellation Sagittarius, the Centaur, and more specifically within the pattern known as the “teapot”, with a handle on the left, and a spout on the right hand side, perhaps pouring on the...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 25, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The star Arcturus appears near 8:15 PM, as twilight gives way to darker skies, seen about half way up in the west. It is due west at 10:30 and sets after midnight. This star owes its status as the brightest star in the summer skies because it is relatively...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 24, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Evenings continue to arrive a minute or two earlier each day, which means between 8:15 and 8:30 PM, low in the south-southwest, you can watch a wonderfully close encounter develop between the First Quarter Moon and the bright, red star Antares. They are so...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 23, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The Big Dipper has settled into the northwest skies, about half way up from the horizon at 8:45 this evening. Use the handle of the Big Dipper to “arc” westward to Arcturus, a brilliant orange-white star almost the same height, but in the...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 22, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The Scorpion starts the evening at 8:45 PM, near its best position of the year, with its tail curving down and left to the southern horizon, then curling back up to the stinger on the very end of its tail. Just right of due south, the star on the very end of...
