by FLEK Admin | Feb 24, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Mercury and Saturn will appear very close together just shortly after sunset, and right along the horizon, just south of west, at 6:15. With difficulty, they will be viewable only for a matter of minutes, until the pair sets at 6:30. For ideal viewing you would...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 23, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Retrograde motion of Mars ends tonight, which started late last year as the faster Earth passed Mars in our respective orbits. We are now far enough past Mars that its direct, west to east motion resumes. Forming a triangle with the bright Twin stars of Gemini,...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 22, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Facing south at around 7:40 reveals a host of bright objects along or near the ecliptic. In the east appears the star Regulus, within the constellation Leo. High in sky, and just east of south appears Mars, still in the company of Castor and Pollux. Just west...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 21, 2025 | NightSky
Today: George Washington’s actual birthday (not the holiday) would have seen the same stars in the same places in 1732, though the planets would have been different. Thanks to modern computer calculations, we know that Venus and Saturn were amazingly close in...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 20, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Night owls can see the Moon, just one day past its Last Quarter, rise in the southeast near 2:30 AM tomorrow morning. Just to its upper left will appear the red star Antares, the brightest star within the constellation Scorpius. As they climb higher, though...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 19, 2025 | NightSky
Today: On the next clear night, it should be quite easy to find the brightest star – the North Star, right? No! As you scan the skies, tonight our brightest star emerges from the twilight in the southeast near 6:00 PM, and will be due south at 8:35 PM. You are...
