by FLEK Admin | Sep 9, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As the Big Dipper rides low in the northwest, consider the tale from the Native American people, the Haudenosaunee (known previously as the Iroquois). This bear (the “bowl” of the Dipper) is being hunted by three hunters (the three stars of the...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 8, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As the sun sets this evening at around 7:45 PM, the Waxing Gibbous Moon, still nearly full, will rise in the east. By 8:30, the Moon will be low in the east-southeast, and the gathering darkness will allow the pale yellow Saturn to again appear near the Moon,...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 7, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Moon is Full each month as it reaches a position exactly opposite the Sun, so tonight’s Full “Corn” Moon rises as the Sun sets, and then sets as the Sun rises tomorrow morning. This connects with the Moon’s companion tonight, rising...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 6, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Moon rises about a half hour before sunset this evening, one day before it becomes exactly Full, the “Corn Moon” as this year’s September Moon is known. The Harvest Moon occurs closest to the Equinox, which this year is October 6th, though...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 5, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The brightest star in the Summer Triangle, Vega, appears nearly overhead as the last of the twilight fades near 7:40 PM. Vega’s brilliance is due, in part, to its location just 25 light years away, and because it is the fourth brightest star within 50...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 4, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Arcturus now settles lower in the west by dark. The second brightest star seen in the northern latitudes, Arcturus is due west at 8:00, and sets tonight in the northwest shortly after 11 o’clock. Its brightness is a combination of distance – relatively...
