by FLEK Admin | Jul 21, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Big Dipper, found dangling by its handle in the northwest, is known by a number of other names. In England, as well as parts of eastern Europe, it is called the Plough, lowering into the north each fall to till in the crops, as well as a cart or wagon...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 20, 2025 | NightSky
Today: On this day in 1969, millions of people on the Earth watched as one man, Neil Armstrong, became the first person to visit the Moon. Tonight the Moon won’t rise until after midnight, doing so in the east-northeast at around 1:50 AM, and somewhat surrounded...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 19, 2025 | NightSky
Today: At around 1:00 AM, the Moon will rise within the heart of Taurus, The Bull. As the morning twilight gathers, those of us in the eastern United States will be tantalized by a close encounter between the Moon and the Pleiades. At around 5:00 AM the Moon will...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 18, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The star Capella is right on the northern horizon, due north at 10:15 PM EDT. While it is essentially not viewable, it never sets at our latitude. By midnight, it will be rising in the north-northeast. In six months from now, it will be almost exactly overhead...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 17, 2025 | NightSky
Today: High in the east-northeast is the star Deneb, the tail of Cygnus, the Swan. Deneb is Arabic for “the tail”, though Arabs described this region as the “chicken”. While Deneb is less bright than the other members of the Summer Triangle – Vega overhead, and...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 16, 2025 | NightSky
Today: High in the east-southeast at 10:30 are three bright stars which make up the Summer Triangle. The highest and brightest is Vega, lower and to the left is Deneb, and lowest and more toward the south is Altair. Altair comes from an Arabic word meaning the “flying...
