by FLEK Admin | Oct 3, 2025 | NightSky
Today: A brightening Gibbous Moon in the south renders the fainter constellations more of a challenge. Instead, look low in the northeast by 8 o’clock, where one of the great stars of the heavens edges higher into the north and northeast. Capella is among the...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 2, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The bright star Arcturus, lowering into the western skies, shines about 50 percent brighter than the planet Saturn, gradually edging higher into the east-southeast. You may or may not notice this difference, but you are more likely to see that Arcturus sparkles...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 2, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The bright star Arcturus, lowering into the western skies, shines about 50 percent brighter than the planet Saturn, gradually edging higher into the east-southeast. You may or may not notice this difference, but you are more likely to see that Arcturus sparkles...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 1, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As the Moon grows larger through its waxing Gibbous phase, the fainter stars will be reluctant to shine, but shining in the west, quite bold, you’ll find the golden-orange Arcturus, about one quarter of the way up at 7:15, which gives it about 2 and a...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 1, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As the Moon grows larger through its waxing Gibbous phase, the fainter stars will be reluctant to shine, but shining in the west, quite bold, you’ll find the golden-orange Arcturus, about one quarter of the way up at 7:15, which gives it about 2 and a...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 30, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Due west at 8:15 this evening, well above the bright star Arcturus, a semi-circle of stars, with a bright one in middle, forms the constellation Corona Borealis, or the Northern Crown. The middle, somewhat brighter star goes by the name Gemma, Latin for...
