by FLEK Admin | Jan 4, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Today the Earth is at perihelion, its closest approach to the Sun, measuring some 147,103,686 km, or 91,405,993 miles. That “slightly” nearer Sun reflects off a waxing Crescent Moon, which will emerge almost on quarter of the way up the southern sky...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 3, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The failing twilight offers a splendid backdrop for the waxing Crescent Moon drawing closer to the dazzling Venus in the southwest. To the upper left of Venus, Saturn appears to peek in on the arrangement. Watch Saturn slip closer to Venus, until they meet from...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 2, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As 2025 opens, we’ll say goodbye to one trio, and welcome to another. Low and due west this evening at 6:15 shines Altair, the lowest point of the Summer Triangle, setting over the next four hours. In the northeast, the Twins of Gemini climb higher,...
by FLEK Admin | Jan 1, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As we look forward to the New Year, watch Mars rising in the northeast before 6 o’clock tonight, having doubled its brightness over the course of this month, nearing its brightest display in another 2 weeks. The orbits of Mars and Earth align every 25...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 31, 2024 | NightSky
Today: As we look forward to the New Year, watch Mars rising in the northeast before 6 o’clock tonight, having doubled its brightness over the course of this month, nearing its brightest display in another 2 weeks. The orbits of Mars and Earth align every 25...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 30, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Harry Potter in the sky? Looking in the southeast after 7:00 this evening, we see the brightest star in the sky, Sirius, rising. It is known as the Dog Star, and in the Harry Potter books, his god-father Sirius turns into a dog. Likewise, Sirius’s sister is...
