by FLEK Admin | Feb 10, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Brilliant moonlight will hamper stargazers this evening, but the trio of bright stars marking Orion’s Belt should be easy to spot, due south in the evenings near 8:10 PM. The star on the left, Alnitak, is actually a triplet of stars, the two primary stars...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 9, 2025 | NightSky
Today: At around 6:30 PM, and about halfway up in the east-southeast appears the Moon and Mars. Very close together and in the heart of the Gemini Twins. The Twins are oriented horizontally, with their respective heads, the stars Pollux (below) and Castor (above), to...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 8, 2025 | NightSky
Today: With a view to the southeast at 6:30 PM, you can see the constellation Canis Major, the Big Dog, facing upward toward Orion. Well above and left of Orion will appear the Waxing Gibbous Moon making its way from Jupiter a few nights ago, to a rendezvous with the...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 7, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Orion boasts a fine collection of bright stars, including the bluish-white beacon to the lower right of his three belt stars. Rigel, meaning “left foot”, is classified as a blue supergiant, estimated to be 860 light years, and emitting approximately 200...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 6, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Jupiter’s pairing with the waxing Gibbous Moon this evening, cresting high in the south near 7:10 PM, brings up some interesting details about Jupiter and its own moon. Jupiter hosts an astounding 95 moons by last count, most of which were named for...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 5, 2025 | NightSky
Today: High in the southern sky by 6:30 PM, you can view the First Quarter Moon, well to the right of the brilliant Jupiter, somewhat subdued by our orbiting companion. Higher, but toward the east, one of the brightest stars in the heavens, Capella, heads to the very...
