by FLEK Admin | Oct 8, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The Draconid Meteor Shower peaks this evening, and the absence of the Moon allows star gazers dark skies to catch this minor event, most years producing fewer than 10 per hour. Occasional bursts hundreds per hour have occurred when their parent comet,...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 7, 2024 | NightSky
Today: A growing Crescent Moon rides low over the southwest horizon, but not alone. As the brilliant Venus edges toward the horizon, looking from 7 to 7:15 well to the left of Venus, a star emerges to the right of the Moon, the reddish Antares, the “heart”...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 6, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Arcturus, the brightest star in the evening skies, still close to due west, one quarter of the way up as twilight ends, setting earlier each evening, and heads below the west-northwest horizon at 9:30 PM EDT. Arcturus owes its brilliance to its relatively close...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 5, 2024 | NightSky
Today: A challenging but interesting display awaits those patient and sharp-eyed this evening. A thin Crescent Moon hangs very low in the southwest, greeted to its upper right by a spark of light buried in the twilight, the planet Venus. Look for them starting near...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 2, 2024 | NightSky
Today: If starting with a glance to the northwest around sunset, the progression of the evening will feature Ursa Major, the Big Bear, appearing to dive toward the northern horizon, and then lifting back away from the horizon after midnight. It will circle around Ursa...
by FLEK Admin | Oct 1, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Dark evenings tonight and tomorrow will offer a chance to see the Andromeda Galaxy, the most distant object human eyes can see. Look in the east-northeast for a slightly curved line of three stars, angled a bit up on the right end. From the middle star, go up...
