by FLEK Admin | Sep 12, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Looking due south this evening at 9:10 PM, almost two thirds of the way up from the horizon, the bottom star of the Summer Triangle, Altair, will help guide you to a tiny constellation inside the Triangle. Above Altair, a line of moderately bright stars forms...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 11, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The First Quarter Moon hangs in the south as the stars emerge from the twilight by 7:30. Looking to the left of the Moon, you’ll find the stars of the “teapot” in Sagittarius, with its triangular lid on top of the teapot, while two more stars...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 10, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Due west at 8:15 this evening, well above the bright star Arcturus, a semi-circle of stars, with a bright one in middle, forms the constellation Corona Borealis, or the Northern Crown. The middle, somewhat brighter star goes by the name Gemma, Latin for...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 9, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The growing Crescent Moon slides east from its location last evening, and appears to the right of a bright, orange-red star, Antares. Look for them to emerge from the twilight by 7:30, low in the south-southwest, and slipping lower through the evening, and...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 8, 2024 | NightSky
Today: As dawn breaks tomorrow morning, you can catch a fleeting glimpse of the planet Mercury, as it rises just slightly north of east at around 5 AM, and best viewed from 5:30 to 6 o’clock. Ever so slightly beneath and to the east of Mercury is the star...
by FLEK Admin | Sep 7, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Over the next few nights, the Earth passes directly between the Sun and Saturn, placing Saturn exactly opposite the Sun from our location, an arrangement called “opposition”. For planets, this places us as close to them as we get, and this situation...
