by FLEK Admin | Jul 13, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Once the sky starts to fully darken, at around 10:00 PM, look a little more than half-way up in the west-southwest, where the pale-orange Arcturus commands the western skies, the brightest star of summer. Toward the northeast from there, you might discern...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 12, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Looking due south at 10:00 PM this evening, you will find the red star Antares, the brightest star in the summer constellation Scorpius, the Scorpion. Antares is usually considered the “heart” of the Scorpion. Note the general shape of this constellation is an...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 11, 2025 | NightSky
Today: In the wee hours, at 2:45 tomorrow morning, Venus will break the horizon in the east-northeast. Venus is usually the brightest object in the night sky, apart from the Moon. But one of the brighter stars, Aldebaran, will rise just after Venus, and just below, at...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 10, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Tonight welcomes July’s full “Buck Moon.” Being just a month past the summer solstice, the Full Moon will arc low as it travels across the southern sky. In this way the Moon behavior is opposite that of the sun, with moon traveling low across the sky in the...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 9, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The second brightest star in the summer sky, Vega, appears nearly overhead at midnight. From the zenith, lower your focus into the east, still quite high, where another bright star catches your attention, Deneb, highlighting the tail feathers of the...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 8, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Tonight near midnight, the bluish-white star Vega is nearly overhead, while the brilliant pale-orange Arcturus is about half way up from the horizon in the west. Between them, about two thirds of the way from Arcturus up to Vega, a bow-tie shaped pattern of...
