by FLEK Admin | Apr 10, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Rising in the east-southeast as twilight yields to darkness between 8:15 and 8:30, a steely-blue star rises in the east-southeast, the brightest star in Virgo, the Virgin, Spica. One way to find it is to follow the “arc” of the Big Dipper’s...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 9, 2026 | 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 9:00 PM, well below...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 8, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Today marks the second anniversary of the stunning, Total Solar Eclipse that swept across the US and southeast Canada, right over northern VT and NH, last year in 2024. The weather cooperated surprisingly well, considering clouds dominate the skies on 4 out of...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 7, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Night owls can see the waning Gibbous Moon rise in the southeast at around 2:20 AM. As the moon then travels low in the southern sky, it will do so just ahead the constellation Sagittarius, to Moon’s left. Tomorrow night the Moon will rise about a half...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 6, 2026 | 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 5, 2026 | 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...
