by FLEK Admin | Mar 1, 2023 | NightSky
Venus and Jupiter appear stunningly close in the evening twilight, their closest pass to each other for the next few years. You should start to see them just before 6 o’clock, getting more and more dramatic as the darkness deepens through the next hour, though...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 1, 2023 | NightSky
Today: Venus and Jupiter appear stunningly close in the evening twilight, their closest pass to each other for the next few years. You should start to see them just before 6 o’clock, getting more and more dramatic as the darkness deepens through the next hour,...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 28, 2023 | NightSky
A stunning planetary encounter is underway in the western skies. In the twilight near 6 o’clock, our two brightest planets, Jupiter and Venus, are delightfully close, with the less brilliant Jupiter appearing above Venus tonight. Venus’s orbit, and the...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 27, 2023 | NightSky
This evening’s First Quarter Moon experiences yet another rendezvous with our neighboring planet Mars, starting high in the south near 6:15 as darkness deepens. They edge a bit closer as they slide to due west at 10:20 PM, not setting in the northwest until...
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...
