by FLEK Admin | Mar 5, 2023 | NightSky
A nearly Full Moon will appear late this afternoon, and edge up to about one third of the way above the eastern horizon by 7 o’clock this evening, by which time it will be dark enough to find the Moon’s companion for the night, the star Regulus, the...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 5, 2023 | NightSky
Today: A nearly Full Moon will appear late this afternoon, and edge up to about one third of the way above the eastern horizon by 7 o’clock this evening, by which time it will be dark enough to find the Moon’s companion for the night, the star Regulus, the...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 4, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Low in the failing western twilight between 8:15 and 8:30 PM, you will find the bright, bluish-white star Spica nearing the end of its viewing for the year. Although Spica ranks just outside the top-ten brightest stars, at 250 light years away, actually...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 4, 2023 | NightSky
Very high in the west near 8 o’clock sparkles the brilliant star Capella, the fourth brightest star that we can see. What we can’t see is that it is actually a pair of bright, giant stars, each more than twice as massive as the Sun. They orbit each other...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 4, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Very high in the west near 8 o’clock sparkles the brilliant star Capella, the fourth brightest star that we can see. What we can’t see is that it is actually a pair of bright, giant stars, each more than twice as massive as the Sun. They orbit each...
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...
