by FLEK Admin | Oct 20, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Jupiter now arrives on the evening scene before 9 o’clock. Making its monthly visit with our largest planet, the waning Gibbous Moon rises just before Jupiter, and remains above Jupiter throughout the night. The pair climb much higher cresting in the...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 19, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The bright, bluish-white star Vega is due west and very high at 8:00 PM EDT. Vega is one of the nearer stars to us, at a distance of 26 light years. This young star is tinted blue because it is very hot, burning up its fuel much faster than our Sun. Sunday:...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 18, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Capella, the fourth brightest star in the northern skies, appears low in the north-northeast by 7:00 PM, climbing to one quarter of the way up, in the northeast, by 9 o’clock. The Moon, just one day past Full, shines brightly as it rises near the same...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 17, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The Full “Hunter’s” Moon lights up the skies overnight, and sits between the two giant planets, Saturn and Jupiter. However, when you see the Moon climbing into the east-northeast, only Saturn is visible, and very far to the right. Jupiter rises near 9...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 16, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The Moon reaches Full tomorrow night, the Full “Hunter’s” Moon, though it rides across the skies over the next few nights. Its name implies the hunting that is done in the fall to provide food through the winter. It is also known as the Kindly Moon in Chinese...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 15, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS should be near its best for viewing, positioned right between Venus, low in the southwest, and the star Arcturus, one quarter of the way up at 6:45 PM as the comet emerges from the twilight. Through 7:15 the comet edges lower, while the...
