by FLEK Admin | Jan 10, 2025 | NightSky
Today: A celestial trio forms a line in the eastern skies this evening, half way up as they appear at the last glimmer of twilight, then almost vertical, high in the south by 9:30. Anchored by the waxing Gibbous Moon, you’ll easily see Jupiter to its lower...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 9, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Venus, a conspicuous beacon the southwest each evening, spent most of last fall very low in the skies. Tonight, though Venus reaches its maximum separation from the Sun, known as its Greateast Eastern Elongation. That leaves it in the evening skies from sunset...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 8, 2025 | NightSky
Today: High in the northern skies Cassiopeia, the Queen rules from her throne. Finding first the zig-zag of stars that looks like an “M” this time of year, use the fainter stars to perhaps see an upside down throne, the tall back angling lower to the...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 7, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The brilliant bluish-white star Vega, appearing one quarter of the way above the northwest horizon as darkness settled in by 5:30 PM, does an interesting thing for the next month or so. It will set tonight about 8:30 PM far to the north. But it will rise again...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 6, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Due east at 8:50 this evening, about half-way up from the horizon, the twin stars of Gemini mark the heads of Castor, above, and Pollux, below. The twins have a rich collection of mythology, often as sons of Leda, but having different fathers – Zeus and...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 5, 2025 | NightSky
Today: A large, somewhat unusual triangle appears in the southwestern skies, becoming more and more narrow with each passing evening. Venus marks the lower right corner or vertex, while above and a little left you’ll find the planet Saturn. The third object is...
