by FLEK Admin | Dec 15, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The view to the southeast is quite impressive by 9:00 PM this evening. Orion continues to progress higher, about one third of the way up from the horizon, joined well to his left by Gemini, continuing to host the spectacular Jupiter just below the Twin stars,...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 14, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As we approach the shortest day of the year, the Big Dipper is showing signs of encouragement for those not enjoying the lack of daylight. By mid-evening, the Dipper is starting to lift a little higher in to the northeast, and by February will look like a...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 13, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Geminid Meteor shower reaches its peak tonight. This is the year’s most prolific displays of meteors, producing over 100 shooting stars per hour. The Twins of Gemini are one third of the way up by 9 o’clock, which means the meteors are active...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 12, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Should you look due south at 6 o’clock this evening, once the last of the twilight has been vanquished, Saturn reaches it highest point, close to half way from the horizon to the zenith. Directly above Saturn appears a large square of modestly brighter...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 11, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Tonight’s half Moon, or Last Quarter, rises in the east at midnight, pushed just ahead of the constellation Virgo. The Moon will ride across the southern sky during the predawn hours. Through mid-morning, it will remain visible in the west-southwest,...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 10, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Mercury remains near its best morning view position for the year, low in the southeast, about one hand-width above a level horizon at 6 o’clock, rising to almost two hand-widths by 6:30, as the Sun’s growing twilight overwhelms our swiftest planet....
