by FLEK Admin | Feb 14, 2023 | NightSky
The Milky Way is showing off in the dark, moonless evening skies, arching from southeast and into the south, climbing above Orion and nearly overhead. It then shimmers down toward the northwestern horizon. During March, the Milky Way, and Orion, ease lower into the...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 13, 2023 | NightSky
After midnight tonight, the wee hours of the morning find a waning Crescent Moon leading the way for the stars of Scorpio, the Scorpion, and particularly the reddish beacon Antares, the “heart” of the Scorpion. The pair rises just after 3 o’clock in...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 12, 2023 | NightSky
On the next clear night, it should be quite easy to find the brightest star – the North Star, right? No! As you scan the skies, tonight our brightest star starts low in the southeast near 6 o’clock, and will be due south at 9:05 PM. You are watching Sirius, known...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 11, 2023 | NightSky
To the left of the red planet Mars this evening, binoculars or a small telescope might give you a view of the departing Comet ZTF, see to Mars’s left as a faint, greenish blob. Not only will this be an interesting color contrast to Mars, but this comet is racing...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 10, 2023 | NightSky
Late this evening, a waning Gibbous Moon climbs into the east-southeast near 10:45 PM, welcoming the stellar companion Spica about 15 minutes later. Spica, a blue-tinted star, ranks as the only bright star in the zodiac constellation Virgo, the Maiden or...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 9, 2023 | NightSky
Looking due east at 7:00 this evening, Leo the Lion climbs above the horizon, with the Twins of Gemini much higher. About halfway between them, search for a faint sprinkling of stars, called the “Beehive”, a swarm of stars in the faint constellation Cancer, the...
