by FLEK Admin | Apr 20, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The steely blue star rising in the north-northeast, low but due northeast at 9:45 PM, is Vega, from the German “Wega”, and from the Arabic “Al Wika”, the “swooping or diving eagle”. In modern times it is the brightest star in...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 19, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Not only is Orion lowering into the west more and more with each passing evening, but the Milky Way is also dropping nearer the horizon. Its faint light makes it difficult to see near the horizon through the thicker part of the atmosphere, and it will remain...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 18, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Night owls can see the waning gibbous moon rise just about due southeast at 1:45 AM. As the moon then travels low in the southern sky, it will be well centered within the constellation Sagittarius, and within that part of Sagittarius know as the Teapot. The...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 17, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The northwestern skies in the evenings are home to Capella, the Goat Star. In mythology this is the nurse goat for the great Jupiter, and was rewarded with a place in the heavens. It is half way up from the horizon in the west-northwest at 9:15 PM, well below...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 16, 2025 | NightSky
Today: For night owls, or very early risers tomorrow morning, the southeastern skies host a wonderful view of the waning Gibbous Moon, rising just minutes before midnight, joined shortly later by the red star Antares, the “heart” of the Scorpion, to the...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 15, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Sirius, the Dog Star, shines bright but low in the southwest by o’clock. However, there is a second “dog star”, Procyon, or the Little Dog, directly above Sirius, much higher in the southwest. Procyon appears about half way up in the skies at...
