by FLEK Admin | Jun 30, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Big Dipper is beginning to drop a little into the northwestern skies from its position at the top of the sky in May. A legend from the Seneca Tribe tells us that the bowl of the dipper is really a bear, with the closest star to the bowl a hunter with a bow...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 29, 2025 | NightSky
Today: This evening it’s all about the Moon and Mars. As the glow of the evening twilight dims after 9:30, our satellite very nearly obscures (occults) the Red Planet, the pair one quarter of the way up in the western sky. Mars will appear nearly at the top point of...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 28, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The star Antares, the “heart” of Scorpio, the Scorpion, shines due south, only one quarter of the way above the horizon at 10:50 PM, shimmering a bright orangish-red. Antares was one of the four Royal Stars in Persian astronomy, marking the position of the Sun...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 27, 2025 | NightSky
Today: While last night’s Crescent Moon appears well to the upper right of Mercury, during that same viewing window near 9:30, look to the left of Mercury for a pair of stars, the “twin stars” of Gemini, lowering toward the horizon. Pollux on the...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 26, 2025 | NightSky
Today: If you can find an unobstructed horizon to the north-northwest, then you might be able briefly glimpse a slender, waxing Crescent Moon side-by-side with the planet Mercury, starting near 9:20 through about 9:45 PM. Mercury will appear to the left of the Moon,...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 25, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The next ten days feature a challenge for planet gazers in the western skies. You’ll need a low, level view to the west-northwest where, close to 9:30 each evening through the 4th of July, the reluctant planet Mercury manages to shine as a spark of light...
