by FLEK Admin | Sep 21, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Late this evening, you can see Jupiter rising in the northeast at around 10:30 PM. Quite late, just before midnight, true night owls can wait to see Mars follow in Jupiter’s footsteps, as it also rises in the northeast, embedded betwixt the stars of Gemini, the...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 20, 2024 | NightSky
Today: As the Big Dipper rides low in the northwest, consider the Native American tale of this bear being hunted by three hunters (the three stars of the handle). When they see him and shoot, his blood falls from the sky, turning the leaves red during the fall....
by FLEK Admin | Sep 19, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Saturn will rise in the east-southeast at around 7:45 PM. An hour later, in the east-northeast waning Gibbous Moon will rise, making an appearance between the between the fishes of Pisces. The moon within Pisces follows Saturn high across the southern sky....
by FLEK Admin | Sep 18, 2024 | NightSky
Today: It’s a challenge, but if you have an unobscured and flat horizon at sunset – between about 8:15 and 8:30 – you might be able to spot the planet Venus, just south of due west, and within the constellation Virgo. Venus will dip below the horizon by around 8:45....
by FLEK Admin | Sep 17, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The Moon is Full each month as it reaches a position exactly opposite the Sun, so tonight’s Full “Harvest” Moon rises as the Sun sets, and then sets as the Sun rises tomorrow morning. The Moon’s light extended the hours of harvesting,...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 16, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The Moon rises about a half hour before sunset this evening, one day before it becomes exactly Full, the “Harvest Moon” as it’s known. This is the first of three days in which the Moon appears full, and remains in the sky all night long. The...
