by FLEK Admin | Nov 12, 2024 | NightSky
Today: This month’s second minor meteor shower finds its peak activity over the next few nights, though, like the southern Taurid Meteor Shower early last week, the Northern Taurids tonight are a long-lasting shower, active through October into December. The...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 11, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The early arrivals of winter’s bright stars are found in the east. Look in the east-northeast at 8:15 to find the twins stars of Gemini easing up into the sky. Castor leads the way, followed by his brother Pollux. This year they play host to our rusty red...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 10, 2024 | NightSky
Today: As the evening twilight fades between 5 and 5:30, the waxing Gibbous Moon is apparent in the southeast. To its left, nestled within the constellation Aquarius, glows the planet Saturn, famous for its broad, icy band of rings, only visible in telescopes. Saturn...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 9, 2024 | NightSky
Today: A trio of bright objects is climbing into the east and northeast this month, featuring the star Capella, the highest of the trio, a pale yellow hue about one quarter of the way up in the northeast at 7 o’clock. To its lower right, quite spectacular,...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 8, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Later this evening in the western skies, the constellation Cygnus, the Swan is low in the northwest about 9:45 PM. It is also called the Northern Cross, in part a reference to the Southern Cross – a bright constellation seen only from the tropics...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 7, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Looking due east, two-thirds of the way up from the horizon at 7:15 PM, the middle star of Andromeda marks her waist, joined by a star to the upper right for her head, and her foot to the lower left. Follow two stars up from her waist to find a faint smudge of...
