by FLEK Admin | Jul 26, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As the sun sets just before 8 PM, the Waxing Crescent Moon will be due west. By 10 PM, the twilight should be dim enough for the star Regulus to be visible just below and right of The Moon. Looking back toward the west and southwest, The Moon and Regulus align...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 25, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As twilight now falls just a little earlier than the beginning of the month, you’ll find the skies dark enough to catch a view of the bluish-white star Spica, low in the southwest. Spica, translated as a “spike of wheat”, sits on the hips of...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 24, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Tonight’s New Moon means there’s no moonlight in the south to sully the view of the red star Antares, the star appearing about a third of the way up in the south, by 9:30. If you look much higher and to the southwest, Arcturus appears; also much...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 23, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Look high in the northwest, as the sun sets. Again as if hanging by its handle, the Big Dipper hangs in the sky. Focus on the arcing shape of the Big Dipper’s handle. Now imagine a continuation of it, and that longer arc will lead you to the star...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 22, 2025 | NightSky
Today: At 10:15 this evening, the Scorpion’s tail is due south, extremely low above the horizon, yet even so, at its best viewing of the year. As the tail curls up to the left, the star on the end is called Shaula, from the Arabic meaning either “stinger” or...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 21, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Big Dipper, found dangling by its handle in the northwest, is known by a number of other names. In England, as well as parts of eastern Europe, it is called the Plough, lowering into the north each fall to till in the crops, as well as a cart or wagon...
