by FLEK Admin | Aug 29, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Saturn is now rising near the end of twilight, at 8:30 in the east, and slides higher into the east-southeast, one quarter of the way into the heavens by 10:30. Saturn’s great distance means it takes decades to orbit the Sun, which means we see it in...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 28, 2025 | NightSky
Today: A low, level view to the southwest shows that the Crescent Moon is now drifting farther away from the blue star Spica, and the two won’t rendezvous again until doing so during predawn hours in November and December. Spica is one of four bright stars the...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 27, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Flanked to its right by Spica, a slender, waxing Crescent Moon slides low above the southwestern horizon this evening, with the tips of its horns nearly vertical. This gives the appearance that the Moon cannot “hold water”, and therefore gives us...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 26, 2025 | NightSky
Today: At around 8:30 this evening, Mars and Spica again hover above the horizon in the west-southwest. But this time they cradle the Crescent Moon between them. The Moon will be the first to set, at 8:52 PM, Mars doing so immediately thereafter, and Spica dropping...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 25, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The dark, moonless evenings feature the brightest section of the Milky Way due south near 10:00 PM. We are viewing into the heart of our galaxy, where the density of stars is estimated to be up to one million times more dense than our skies, 25 thousand light...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 24, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Looking low above the southern horizon at 10 o’clock, the vapors of the Milky Way seem to steam upward, a nice connection to the teapot-shaped pattern, due south, the brighter stars of Sagittarius. Although imagined as a centaur with a bow and arrow, the...
