by FLEK Admin | Aug 1, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The month starts off with the Moon reaching its first quarter phase. This is a temporal marker, and is concurrent with the geometrical half moon. When the moon a quarter of the way through its 29.53-day cycle, it appears as half-illuminated. The second quarter...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 31, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Late July offers a view of the W-shaped pattern of stars climbing into the northeast, about one third of the way up this evening, forming the basis of the throne for the Queen, Cassiopeia. It is tipped on its back during the summer, gradually climbing higher...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 30, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Delta Aquariid Meteor shower is near its broad peak in activity, lasting from mid-July to mid-August. Alongside it this year is the Alpha Capricornids, its meteors less frequent but tending to move more slowly across the sky. The Moon won’t be an...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 29, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The North Star, also known as Polaris, remains anchored halfway up from the northern horizon, never moving noticeably, though, technically, it does make a very small circle as the Earth rotates on its axis. The circle is a little more than one degree, or twice...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 28, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Low in west by 9:20 PM, you can catch the Crescent Moon and Mars in close proximity, with the red/orange Mars just the right of the Moon. As they emerge from the twilight, the two will be diving quickly toward the horizon, disappearing below it a little after...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 27, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Milky Way arches high across the eastern skies in the evening, extending down to the north, where it appears dimmer, and toward the south, glowing noticeably brighter, home to the center of our Galaxy. The Milky Way swings overhead through the course of the...
