by FLEK Admin | Aug 13, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Although now slightly past its peak, the Perseid Meteor Shower will continue tonight, as the Earth passes through the debris of Comet Swift-Tuttle, with thousands of tiny pieces of dust and rock that burn up in our atmosphere 40 to 70 miles above us....
by FLEK Admin | Aug 12, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Tonight is the projected peak of the Perseid meteor shower, part of a “double-feature” celestial show. This year’s view of the Perseids won’t be helped by the moon, which was full just three nights ago, and is still 84 percent illuminated. Even so,...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 11, 2025 | NightSky
Today: At about 9:15 this evening, the large, waning Gibbous Moon rises in the east, joined 25 minutes later by its solar system cousin Saturn. While they slide across the southern skies, the Persied meteors are approaching their peak, They’re best seen after...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 10, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Big Dipper has settled into the northwest skies, about one third of the way up from the horizon at 8:45 this evening. Use the handle of the Big Dipper to “arc” westward to Arcturus, a brilliant orange-white star almost the same height, but in...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 9, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Full “Sturgeon” Moon runs low across the southern skies. The Moon gets its name from the large fish found in the Great Lakes and other large bodies of water, which were easier to catch in August. European settlers sometimes knew this as the “Corn” Moon....
by FLEK Admin | Aug 8, 2025 | NightSky
Today: While the Moon approaches Full, though rather low in the southeast, look to the zenith – the top of the sky – where a bright star shines with a steely-blue light. Vega ranks as the 4th brightest star in the heavens, twice as massive as our Sun,...
