by FLEK Admin | Feb 17, 2023 | NightSky
Orion is an easy target, even on a moonlit night. Tonight, the lack of moonlight might give you an opportunity to see a fainter feature of our winter Giant. Look below his three belt stars, where a fainter line marks his sword. The very end of the sword is a little...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 16, 2023 | NightSky
Although Saturn has been out of view since the end of January, our orbit places Saturn directly behind the Sun today and tonight, known as “conjunction”. Last fall into the winter, Saturn appeared in the evening skies. It will take until April to be...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 15, 2023 | NightSky
The dark skies near the New Moon reveal the splendors of the Milky Way arched over the top of the sky. Early this evening, in the midst of the Milky Way and directly overhead near 7:25 PM, the star Capella sparkles as the 4th brightest star we can see.
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...
