by FLEK Admin | Mar 12, 2026 | NightSky
Today: You find two familiar constellations climbing in tandem this evening. Due east prowls the Lion, Leo, coming into his own as he returns to the skies each spring, his head and front shoulders in the form of a backwards question mark. Mirroring this pattern, as...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 11, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Settling into the northwest as evening descends, the Queen of the heavens, Cassiopeia, remains well placed for viewing, about one third of the way above the horizon. Her W-shaped pattern of 5 stars pivots around the North Star, and each spring looks more and...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 10, 2026 | NightSky
Today: In March, the Milky Way is still fairly high across the western sky in the evening, running from the south, just above the bright star Sirius, then high in the west above Orion and Taurus, the Bull, then to the right of the bright star Capella, finally settling...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 9, 2026 | NightSky
Today: By 2:30 AM tomorrow, a waning Gibbous Moon climbs into the southeast, and will spend the night seemingly towing a red star just behind it. This is Antares, the “heart” of the Scorpion. The pair slides low through the southern skies, cresting due...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 8, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Daylight Savings Time begins today, as we move the clocks ahead one hour, making the sunrise and sunset an hour later. There is actually a connection to astronomy, as time used to be “local”, based on the Sun’s position being due south at...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 7, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Viewing is tricky, requiring a flat horizon, and probably binoculars, but this evening Venus and Saturn are very close together, very low in the west, and just after sunset, between roughly 6:30 and 6:50 PM. The much brighten Venus will be easier to spot, with...
