by FLEK Admin | Sep 3, 2025 | NightSky
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by FLEK Admin | Sep 2, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Venus and Jupiter dazzled early risers in August, and will continue to do so into September, though they continue to move apart, with the Earth’s orbit shifting us for a better view of Jupiter, as it climbs higher, while Venus’s orbit starts...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 1, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The planet Mercury reaches the end of its reasonable viewing window, barely visible, and quite low in the east-southeast from 5:35 to 5:45, and likely requires a pair of binoculars to find it. Mercury’s swift orbit of 88 days brings it back into the...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 31, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Early risers this month have enjoyed an excellent display from Venus and Jupiter, but let’s give a nod to the “other” morning planet, the alwayss challenging Mercury, making a modest appearance within the morning twilight. Having as low and...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 30, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Moon’s cycle of 29 and a half days, being less than a calendar month, ends this month as it began. Having cycled back to its first quarter phase, it is half illuminated, and appears in the south-southwest at darkness falls. It has also circled back into the...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 29, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Saturn is now rising near the end of twilight, at 8:30 in the east, and slides higher into the east-southeast, one quarter of the way into the heavens by 10:30. Saturn’s great distance means it takes decades to orbit the Sun, which means we see it in...
