by FLEK Admin | Mar 24, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Following the line of Orion’s Belt stars to the right, the red star Aldebaran should easily catch your attention. Look more carefully at this region, and you will see a “V” shaped pattern of stars making the Bull’s face. This faint group is called the Hyades,...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 23, 2025 | NightSky
Today: You find two familiar constellation rising in tandem this evening. Due east prowls the Lion, Leo, coming into his own as he returns to the skies each spring, his head and front shoulders in the form of a backwards question mark. Mirroring this pattern, as well...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 22, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Settling into the northwest as evening descends, the Queen of the heavens, Cassiopeia, remains well placed for viewing, about one third of the way above the horizon. Her W-shaped pattern of 5 stars pivots around the North Star, and each spring looks more and...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 21, 2025 | NightSky
Today: By 2:30 AM, early Saturday morning, a waning Gibbous Moon climbs into the southeast, and will spend the rest of the night chasing the red star Antares, the “heart” of the Scorpion. The pair slides low through the southern skies, cresting due south...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 20, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Vernal or Spring Equinox marks the calendar arrival of Spring early this morning at 5:01 AM EDT, when the Sun is positioned directly above the Earth’s equator. Although the word equinox means “equal night”, the atmosphere bends the...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 19, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Very high in the west-northwest, emerging from the fading twilight near 7:45 PM, sparkles the brilliant star Capella, the fourth brightest star that we can see. What we can’t see is that it is actually a pair of bright, giant stars, each more than twice...
