by FLEK Admin | Jul 15, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Once the moon has fully risen by 11:20 PM, you needn’t wait long to see its celestial companion for the night, This time it is the planet Saturn, which will appear barely below the moon by 11:45, perhaps a few minutes earlier, assuming a flat horizon and...
by FLEK Admin | Jul 14, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The southern end of the Milky Way hosts a rich variety types of objects because it is the center of our galaxy, though binoculars or telescopes are needed. Looking at the red star Antares, due south at 9:45 PM, ordinary binoculars will show a fuzzy object...
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...
