by FLEK Admin | May 30, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Prowling the heavens high in the southwest this evening starting near 9:30 PM, you’ll find Leo, the Lion. Leo is one of the horoscope signs, its traditional dates of late July into the third week of August marking when the sun was against the background...
by FLEK Admin | May 29, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Crescent Moon returns to the Gemini Twins this evening, with the dimming twilight making the Twins visible by around 9:30. This time the Moon appears under to arm of Pollux the leftmost of the Twins, although this might me difficult to discern with the glow...
by FLEK Admin | May 28, 2025 | NightSky
Today: One of the summer’s brightest stars, Antares, crests due south near 12:50 AM, marking the “heart” of the Scorpion, but also leading the Milky Way back up into the eastern skies. Look to the left of Antares, where the band of faint light...
by FLEK Admin | May 27, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As the Moon reaches its New phase, permitting dark evening skies, it’s a good time to locate the famous but rather faint constellation, Hercules. Looking due east near 11:00 PM, and on a line between Arcturus high in the southeast and Vega in the east,...
by FLEK Admin | May 26, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Between the brightest star in the skies this evening, Arcturus, high in the south at 10:30 PM, and the second brightest, Vega, slightly lower in the east, the faint stars of Hercules offer a challenge to view. Many people look for the bowtie pattern, one third...
by FLEK Admin | May 25, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Gemini, the Twins, are standing on the horizon between west and northwest this evening, Castor on the right and Pollux on the left. It was near the feet of Castor, the name of the brother as well as the star, that in 1781 Sir William Herschel discovered a new...
