by FLEK Admin | Mar 30, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The line of Orion’s Belt stars, extended to the right, points to the red star Aldebaran, the red eye of Taurus, the Bull. Aldebaran is 9th brightest star we can see, relatively nearby at a distance of 65 light years. It is a Red Giant star, more than 40 times...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 29, 2025 | NightSky
Today: At 9 o’clock this evening, due south and two-thirds above the southern horizon, a tiny patch of starlight sits between the stars called the Twins of Gemini toward the south-southwest, and the bluish-white star marking the heart of Leo the Lion, Regulus....
by FLEK Admin | Mar 28, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Tomorrow, the Moon partially eclipses the sun, starting here in New England as the Sun is rising, wrapping northeast through Greenland, and continuing across western and northern Europe. Here, the sun rises already eclipsed, the Moon covering a bit more than 50...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 27, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As the star Arcturus climbs to one third of the way above the eastern horizon at 10:30 PM this evening, look for another brilliant star to return to the skies, the bluish-white Vega, just rising in the north-northeast. Vega appears on any clear night of the...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 26, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Tomorrow’s morning twilight hosts this month’s second conjunction between the Moon and Venus. Along an unobstructed eastern horizon, Venus will shine almost due east from 6:05 to 6:10, while the the slim crescent moon appears well to its right in the...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 25, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Orion is now slipping slowly into the southwest, found about one third of the way up from the horizon around 8:30 PM EST this evening. The bright star below his three belt stars, Rigel, remains distinct. A stellar powerhouse, Rigel generates 120,000 times more...
