by FLEK Admin | Mar 9, 2023 | NightSky
You can watch the waning Gibbous Moon lift into the east this evening just before 8:30, followed an hour later by a fairly bright, bluish-white star called Spica, the only bright star in Virgo. Through the night they progress west, cresting due south near 2 AM, and...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 8, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Leo the Lion climbs higher into the evening skies, with its bright star, Regulus, the “heart” of Leo, nearly half way up in the east-southeast by 8:30 PM. Regulus appears to be younger than it really is. A companion dwarf star appears to be...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 8, 2023 | NightSky
Today: As the clock strikes midnight, waning Moon climbs into the east-northeast, well left of its companion last night, Jupiter. As the Moon climbs higher in the hours after midnight, take note of the patch of faint stars to its left, known as the Seven Sisters, or...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 8, 2023 | NightSky
Leo the Lion climbs higher into the evening skies, with its bright star, Regulus, the “heart” of Leo, nearly half way up in the east-southeast by 8:30 PM. Regulus appears to be younger than it really is. A companion dwarf star appears to be supplying it...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 7, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Tonight’s skies are lit up by the Full “Sap” Moon, sometimes called the Full “Worm” Moon. It won’t be long before we start seeing worms emerging from the thawing ground, but the Sap Moon seems to fit better, with steam...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 7, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Just before midnight in the east-northeast, the Last Quarter Moon rises in the company of the giant planet Jupiter, placing the pair high in the southeast for early risers between 4:30 and 5:00 AM, just as twilight blushes along the eastern horizon....
