by FLEK Admin | Feb 26, 2023 | NightSky
The waxing Moon is less than 24 hours from reaching its First Quarter phase as it emerges from the twilight between 6 and 6:30 this evening, high in the southwest. To the Moon’s left, the reddish star Aldebaran should be easy to see, while to the Moon’s...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 25, 2023 | NightSky
Four brilliant stars form a diamond-shaped figure halfway up in the south-southeast early this evening. At the bottom is Sirius, the very brightest star, while the orange-hued Betelgeuse shines at the top. The bluish-white Rigel sparkles on the right, with Procyon on...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 24, 2023 | NightSky
At 6:50 this evening, looking straight up, a bright star marks the zenith, very top of the sky. Capella is the fourth brightest star we can see, though it is past its prime. Astronomers estimate it was the brightest star in the sky some 200,000 years ago.
by FLEK Admin | Feb 23, 2023 | NightSky
As Orion crests across the southern skies, his bright stars demonstrate considerably differences in color. Compare, for example, the star Betelgeuse on the upper left, appearing an orangish color, while on the lower right, Rigel shines a piercing blue. The colors...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 22, 2023 | NightSky
George Washington’s birthday (not the holiday) welcomes an eye-catching arrangement in the western twilight. As twilight begins to dim near 6 o’clock, a slender, waxing Crescent Moon welcomes the company of Jupiter, just above it, while Venus gleams below...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 21, 2023 | NightSky
Due south this evening at 8:30 PM EST is the brightest star in the sky, Sirius, the “nose” of Canis Major, the Great Dog. The path of all stars and planets creates an arc, with its highest point due south, placing Sirius in its best viewing position. The name Sirius...
