by FLEK Admin | Aug 11, 2025 | NightSky
Today: At about 9:15 this evening, the large, waning Gibbous Moon rises in the east, joined 25 minutes later by its solar system cousin Saturn. While they slide across the southern skies, the Persied meteors are approaching their peak, They’re best seen after...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 10, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Big Dipper has settled into the northwest skies, about one third of the way up from the horizon at 8:45 this evening. Use the handle of the Big Dipper to “arc” westward to Arcturus, a brilliant orange-white star almost the same height, but in...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 9, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Full “Sturgeon” Moon runs low across the southern skies. The Moon gets its name from the large fish found in the Great Lakes and other large bodies of water, which were easier to catch in August. European settlers sometimes knew this as the “Corn” Moon....
by FLEK Admin | Aug 8, 2025 | NightSky
Today: While the Moon approaches Full, though rather low in the southeast, look to the zenith – the top of the sky – where a bright star shines with a steely-blue light. Vega ranks as the 4th brightest star in the heavens, twice as massive as our Sun,...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 7, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Looking high in the east at 10 PM revels Cygnus the Swan, its tail marked by the bright star Deneb, which is also a member of the Summer Triangle. Cygnus will move almost overhead by midnight when, just to its south, you can see Aquila the Eagle, and its bright...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 6, 2025 | NightSky
Today: With the Summer Triangle almost overhead, look at its lowest star Altair, and then to the left of Altair. A faint, compact collection of stars may catch your eyes, the constellation Delphinus, the Dolphin. It appears like a comma, but perhaps you can imagine a...
