by FLEK Admin | Mar 3, 2023 | NightSky
Today: As the star Arcturus climbs to one third of the way above the eastern horizon 11 o’clock this evening, look for another brilliant star to return to the skies, the bluish-white Vega, just rising in the northeast. Vega appears on any clear night of the...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 3, 2023 | NightSky
Today: The bright star Capella is rarely out of view, located 43 degrees from the North Star. What this means is that it always remains above the horizon, at its very lowest at 9:15 this evening as twilight dims. It slowly rises through the evening, sliding into the...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 3, 2023 | NightSky
As the star Arcturus climbs to one third of the way above the eastern horizon 11 o’clock this evening, look for another brilliant star to return to the skies, the bluish-white Vega, just rising in the northeast. Vega appears on any clear night of the year, but...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 2, 2023 | NightSky
Today: By 10 o’clock this evening, edging up into the southeast, the nearly Full Moon makes the first of two visits to the planet Saturn, modestly bright to the left of the Moon. Through the night, the Moon’s orbit slides it more and more underneath...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 2, 2023 | NightSky
High in the southeast this evening, starting near 7 o’clock, a waxing Gibbous Moon shines just below a pair of stars, quite fittingly known as the Twins, or Gemini. As one of the zodiac constellations, the Moon tracks through these stars every 27 days and 8...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 2, 2023 | NightSky
Today: High in the southeast this evening, starting near 7 o’clock, a waxing Gibbous Moon shines just below a pair of stars, quite fittingly known as the Twins, or Gemini. As one of the zodiac constellations, the Moon tracks through these stars every 27 days and...
