by FLEK Admin | Sep 1, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Cassiopeia, the Queen, is a w-shaped constellation in the north-northeast this evening. The picture of the Queen is often one of her sitting on her throne, this time of year laying on its back with the legs toward your right. Monday: Low in the south as...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 31, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Tomorrow morning, September begins in the brightening dawn’s light with a sliver of a Crescent Moon, low in the east-northeast from 5:10 to 5:25 AM. Mercury offers a brief display over the next several days, culminating with a conjunction with the star...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 30, 2024 | NightSky
Today: By 10 PM you can look high in the southern sky to identify the summer triangle. Also high, but in the northwest you’ll find Draco, the Dragon. His two eyes sparkle as modestly bright stars, then his neck drops down to the right of the Little Dipper, while...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 29, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The Andromeda Galaxy is the only distant galaxy we can see with our own eyes. In the next few nights look in the northeast, just below the Milky Way, and about one third of the way up from the horizon near 9:15 PM EDT. It appears as a small, oval smudge of...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 28, 2024 | NightSky
Today: One of the curious features in the Milky Way, arched high across the evening skies from the south to overhead, is found next to the star Deneb, the least bright star in the Summer Triangle. Look for a patch of dark sky, known as the Northern Coal Sack. It is...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 27, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Jupiter has returned to the evening skies….barely! Our largest planet rises just before midnight in the northeast, with the waning Crescent Moon quickly accompanying it just 10 minutes later. Mars tags along 15 minutes later, giving this trio several hours to...
