by FLEK Admin | Dec 29, 2024 | NightSky
Today: One of the brightest stars in the sky, and part of the Summer Triangle, Vega, is flickering in the northwest by dark. Vega gets its name from the German “Wega”, which came from “Al Waki”, Arabic for “the falling or swooping...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 28, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The Great Square of Pegasus, due south and very high as twilight fades near 5:30 this evening, will help locate the beautiful Princess Andromeda. The top left corner of the square is also the head of the Princess, with two other bright stars to the left forming...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 27, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Tomorrow morning, from 6:15 to 6:45 AM, the morning twilight offers some fleeting glimpses before they all disappear with the rising Sun: The summer stars of Scorpius, the Scorpion return to the skies, first with his claws, and then a splendid encounter of the...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 26, 2024 | NightSky
Today: The view to the southeast is quite impressive by 9:00 PM this evening. Low above the horizon, the Dog stars Procyon on the left and a bit higher, and Sirius much brighter on the right, are featured with Orion above them. Meanwhile, the planet Jupiter teams up...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 25, 2024 | NightSky
Today: Christmas’s connection to astronomy dates back to our earliest European ancestors, knowing that the longest nights of the year would slowly give way to increasing amounts of light and warmth from the Sun. Numerous stone structures, including Stonehenge,...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 24, 2024 | NightSky
Today: One of the outstandingly bright stars in the skies passes nearly overhead tonight. Capella is dazzling in the east-northeast, about half way from the horizon to the zenith at 6:30 PM. By 11:00 PM, the 4th brightest star we can see from the northern hemisphere...
